diff --git a/roles/webgateway/files/nginx.conf b/roles/webgateway/files/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..660039c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/webgateway/files/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+user www-data;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid /run/nginx.pid;
+include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;
+
+events {
+        worker_connections 768;
+        # multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+
+        ##
+        # Basic Settings
+        ##
+
+        sendfile on;
+        tcp_nopush on;
+        tcp_nodelay on;
+        keepalive_timeout 65;
+        types_hash_max_size 2048;
+        # server_tokens off;
+
+        # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
+        # server_name_in_redirect off;
+
+        include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+        default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+        ##
+        # SSL Settings
+        ##
+
+        ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+        ##
+        # Logging Settings
+        ##
+
+        access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+        error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+        ##
+        # Gzip Settings
+        ##
+
+        gzip on;
+
+        # gzip_vary on;
+        # gzip_proxied any;
+        # gzip_comp_level 6;
+        # gzip_buffers 16 8k;
+        # gzip_http_version 1.1;
+        # gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+        ##
+        # Virtual Host Configs
+        ##
+
+        include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+        include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
+}
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diff --git a/roles/webgateway/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/webgateway/tasks/main.yaml
index c122ee9..3146fd9 100644
--- a/roles/webgateway/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/webgateway/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
     rule: allow
     port: https
 
+- name: Copy default nginx config
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: nginx.conf
+    dest: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+
 - name: Enable and restart nginx daemon
   service:
     name: nginx