Serve security.txt from /.well-known/ on nginx

Why it matters

RFC 9116 puts the file at /.well-known/security.txt and keeps /security.txt only for older setups. Researchers and tools look in the standard place first.

The fix

1. Add an exact-match location that serves the existing file from the standard address, inside the server block for example.com.
2. Run nginx -t, reload nginx and open https://example.com/.well-known/security.txt.

location = /.well-known/security.txt {
    alias /var/www/html/security.txt;
    default_type text/plain;
    charset utf-8;
}

The examples use example.com. Replace it with your own domain.

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Related

• Reported by the security.txt check
• Publish a security.txt file
• Serve security.txt over https
• Serve security.txt as text/plain with utf-8
• Add a Contact line to security.txt
• Fix the Contact value in security.txt
• Add an Expires line to security.txt
• Use an RFC 3339 date in the Expires line
• Renew the expired security.txt
• Renew security.txt before it expires
• Shorten the security.txt Expires date
• Fix repeated or insecure fields in security.txt
• Make the Canonical line match where the file is served