Nginx - Enable SSL2013/07/07

	Enable SSL setting.
[1]	Create certificates first. See here.
[2]	Configure existing default site to access with normal connection and SSL encrypted connection.

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

# add like follows in a "server" section

server {
    listen       80 default_server;

    listen       443 ssl;

    server_name  www.srv.world;

    ssl_certificate      /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key  /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.key;

[root@www ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/nginx restart

Stopping nginx: [ OK ]
Starting nginx: [ OK ]

[3]	Access to the default site with HTTP and HTTPS to make sure it works or not.

[4]	If you'd like to configure only SSL connection, Add new "server" section and set it like follows.

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.conf

# add at the last line

server {
    listen       443;
    server_name  www.srv.world;

    ssl                  on;
    ssl_certificate      /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key  /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.key;

    location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/ssl;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }
}

[root@www ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/nginx restart

Stopping nginx: [ OK ]
Starting nginx: [ OK ]

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