Nginx SSL Installation

For Nginx Web Server.

Files

• Full-chain PEM file: domain.pem
• Private Key: domain.key

Recommended location:

/etc/ssl/example.com/

Example

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;

    root /var/www/example.com/public;
    index index.html index.php;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/example.com/domain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/example.com/domain.key;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

TIP

The old ssl on; directive is deprecated. Use listen 443 ssl; instead.

Reload

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx