How to generate and connect an ssl certificate in nginx?

Question

Nginx

How to generate and connect an ssl certificate in nginx?

Answer 1

The easiest way to get a certificate is from Let's Encrypt .
The instruction is here: https://certbot.eff.org
Select the server (nginx) and OS, the instruction opens.
Here is an example for debian 9:
https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/debianstretch...
And here is the host configuration:

server {
    listen 443 ssl default_server;
    server_name my-domain;
    
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/my-domain/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/my-domain/privkey.pem;
  
    # ...
}

This is simplified. It will work, but read more about configuring HTTPS in nginx.