Nginx - setting up SSL AWS

Setting up SSL cert in nginx is pretty easy. Assuming one has the certificate file, private key below is how to do it.

login to the terminal

navigate to the nginx folder

cd /etc/nginx

copy the cert files to ssl folder at /etc/nginx/ssl

now navigate inside sites-enabled
cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

now open the default file in vi

have the below

    server_name mysever.com;
    keepalive_timeout 70;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/myserver.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/myserver.key;

    ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5 or HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!3DES";
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    force https-redirects
    if ($scheme = http) {
        return 301 https://$server_name;
    } 
     location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:1337;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }


now kill and start the server
ps aux | grep nginx
sudo killall nginx
sudo nginx

thats all!

references:
https://www.nginx.com/blog/setting-up-nginx/