Https setup in Nginx

1.  Install the Nginx server and the required packages.

apt-get update

apt-get install nginx openssl

2. Create a private key and the website certificate using the OpenSSL command

Create a private key and the website certificate using the OpenSSL command.

mkdir /etc/nginx/certificate

cd /etc/nginx/certificate

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -x509 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -out nginx-certificate.crt -keyout nginx.key

3. On the option named COMMON_NAME, you need to enter the IP address or hostname.

4.  nginx config before the changes

server {

        listen 80 default_server;

        listen [::]:80 default_server;

        root /var/www/html;

        index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

        server_name _;

        location / {

                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

        }

}

nginx config after the changes

server {

        listen 443 ssl default_server;

        listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;

        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certificate/nginx-certificate.crt;

        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certificate/nginx.key;

        root /var/www/html;

        index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

        server_name _;

        location / {

                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

        }

}