diff --git a/contrib/nginx/zammad_ssl.conf b/contrib/nginx/zammad_ssl.conf
index 331f74c61..e7bb4c64b 100644
--- a/contrib/nginx/zammad_ssl.conf
+++ b/contrib/nginx/zammad_ssl.conf
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #
-# this is an example nginx config for zammad with free letsencrypt.org ssl certificates
+# this is an example nginx config for using SSL with zammad
+# this can be adjusted to be used with self-signed, trusted ca, and letsencrypt certs
 # replace all occurrences of example.com with your domain
-# create letsencrypt certificate by: certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d www.example.com
+# If using LetsEncrypt create letsencrypt certificate by: certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d www.example.com
 # create dhparam.pem by: openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 4096
-# download x3 certificate by: wget -q https://letsencrypt.org/certs/lets-encrypt-x3-cross-signed.pem -P /etc/nginx/ssl
+# download LetsEncrypt x3 certificate by: wget -q https://letsencrypt.org/certs/lets-encrypt-x3-cross-signed.pem -P /etc/nginx/ssl
 # you can test your ssl configuration @ https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html
 #
 
-upstream zammad {
+upstream zammad-railsserver {
   server localhost:3000;
 }
 
@@ -17,35 +18,33 @@ upstream zammad-websocket {
 
 server {
   listen 80;
-  listen [::]:80;
 
   server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
-  access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
-  error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;
+  access_log /var/log/nginx/zammad.access.log;
+  error_log /var/log/nginx/zammad.error.log;
 
   location /.well-known/ {
     root /var/www/html;
   }
 
   location / {
-    rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 permanent;
+    rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 permanent;
   }
 }
 
 
 server {
   listen 443 ssl http2;
-  listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
 
   server_name example.com;
 
-  ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/example.com-fullchain.pem;
-  ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/example.com-privkey.pem;
+  ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/your_cert.crt;
+  ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/your_private_key.key;
 
-  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
+  ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
 
-  ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
+  ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';
 
   ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem;
 
@@ -63,78 +62,40 @@ server {
 
   add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always;
 
-  access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
-  error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;
+    location = /robots.txt  {
+        access_log off; log_not_found off;
+    }
 
-  rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 permanent;
-}
+    location = /favicon.ico {
+        access_log off; log_not_found off;
+    }
 
-server {
-  listen 443 ssl http2;
-  listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+    root /opt/zammad/public;
 
-  server_name www.example.com;
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/zammad.access.log;
+    error_log  /var/log/nginx/zammad.error.log;
 
-  ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/example.com-fullchain.pem;
-  ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/example.com-privkey.pem;
+    client_max_body_size 50M;
 
-  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
+    location ~ ^/(assets/|robots.txt|humans.txt|favicon.ico) {
+        expires max;
+    }
 
-  ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
-
-  ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem;
-
-  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
-
-  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
-  ssl_session_timeout 180m;
-
-  ssl_stapling on;
-  ssl_stapling_verify on;
-
-  ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/lets-encrypt-x3-cross-signed.pem;
-
-  resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
-
-  add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always;
-
-  location = /robots.txt   {
-    access_log off; log_not_found off;
-  }
-
-  location = /favicon.ico {
-    access_log off; log_not_found off;
-  }
-
-  root /opt/zammad/public;
-
-  access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
-  error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;
-
-  client_max_body_size 50M;
-
-  location ~ ^/(assets/|robots.txt|humans.txt|favicon.ico) {
-    expires max;
-  }
-
-  location /ws {
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-    proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
-    proxy_set_header CLIENT_IP $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    proxy_read_timeout 86400;
-    proxy_pass http://zammad-websocket;
-  }
-
-  location / {
-    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-    proxy_set_header CLIENT_IP $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    proxy_read_timeout 300;
-    proxy_pass http://zammad;
+    location /ws {
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header CLIENT_IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_read_timeout 86400;
+        proxy_pass http://zammad-websocket;
+    }
+    location / {
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header CLIENT_IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_read_timeout 180;
+        proxy_pass http://zammad-railsserver;
 
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