Installing Nginx Server

1. Create a directory to store the server key, certificate, and intermediate bundle.

Shell

mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl

2. Copy your SSL certificate and the certificate bundle file to your Nginx server at /etc/nginx/ssl. You should already have a key file on the server when you have generated your certificate request and copy this key to the /etc/nginx/sslfolder.
3. Navigate to the SSL folder in SSH.

Shell

cd /etc/nginx/ssl

4. Combine your SSL certificate and the intermediate bundle into one file using the concatenate command.

Shell

cat signed-cert.crt intermediate.crt ca.crt >> bundle.crt

Note: The certificates must be listed in this order with the concatenate command, or the SSL will not work correctly on your server.

5. Open your Nginx** config file** for the domain.

Shell

vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl-host.conf

6. Update the config file to use the SSL certificate. Save your config file.

Shell

server {

listen 443 ssl;



server_name www.cinnox-demo.com;

ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/ bundle.crt;

ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/private.key;



root /usr/share/nginx/cinnox-demo/;

index index.html index.htm;

}

7. Restart your Nginx server.

Shell

systemctl restart nginx