• Create a folder to hold all of SSL information
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sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl
  • Create the SSL key and certificate file
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sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.key -out /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.crt
  • Config nginx as follow:
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server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

        listen 443 ssl;

        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index index.html index.htm;

        server_name your_domain.com;
        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.key;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
}
  • Restart nginx service

How To Create an SSL Certificate on Nginx for Ubuntu 14.04