Nginx configuration HTTPS

The SSL module is not installed by default, and if you want to use the module, you will need to specify the –with-http_ssl_module parameter at compile time, and the installation module relies on the OpenSSL library and some reference files, usually not in the same package. Usually this file name is similar to Libssl-dev.

Generate certificate

You can generate a simple certificate by using the following steps:
First, go to the directory where you want to create the certificate and private key, for example:

1. $ cd/usr/local/nginx/conf

Create a server private key, and the command will let you enter a password:

1. $ OpenSSL genrsa-des3-out server.key 1024

Create a certificate (CSR) for the signing request:

1. $ OpenSSL req-new-key server.key-out SERVER.CSR

Remove the required password when loading SSL-supported Nginx and using the above private key:

1. $ CP Server.key server.key.org
2. $ OpenSSL rsa-in server.key.org-out Server.key

Configure Nginx

The last token certificate uses the above private key and the CSR:

1. $ OpenSSL x509-req-days 365-in server.csr-signkey server.key-out server.crt

Modify the Nginx configuration file to include the newly tagged certificate and private key:

1. server {
2. server_name your_domainname_here;
3. Listen 443;
4. SSL on;
5. SSL_CERTIFICATE/USR/LOCAL/NGINX/CONF/SERVER.CRT;
6. Ssl_certificate_key/usr/local/nginx/conf/server.key;
7. }

Restart Nginx.

Nginx Configuration HTTPS