Nginx HTTPS

Nginx HTTPS using Letsencrypt

Purchasing SSLs are costly. Therefore, we will be using Letsencrypt for making our Nginx web server able to use HTTPS.

Generate SSL

sudo apt-get install letsencrypt
sudo certbot certonly

Edit Nginx Config

In file /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN_NAME/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN_NAME/privkey.pem;
}

server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        return 404;
}

Set DOMAIN_NAME as your domain name that you have generated SSL with. The config above will also redirect HTTP to HTTPS as well

Reload Nginx

sudo systemctl restart nginx