{"id":3715,"date":"2014-07-02T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:46:53","slug":"how-to-install-nginx-and-set-up-ssl-certificate-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-nginx-and-set-up-ssl-certificate-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install Nginx and set-up SSL certificate on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nginx-logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nginx-logo-300x169.png\" alt=\"Nginx-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nginx-logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nginx-logo-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nginx-logo.png 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In this article we are going to show you <strong>how to install Nginx and set-up an SSL certificate on your <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 14.04 VPS<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Nginx?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server. Nginx has a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is SSL?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>UPDATE THE UBUNTU SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Make sure you have a <code>screen<\/code> session and your <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu Virtual Server<\/a> is fully up-to date by running the following commands in your terminal<\/p>\n<pre>## screen -U -S nginx-ssl-screen\r\n## apt-get update\r\n## apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h3><strong>INSTALL NGINX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Install <strong>Nginx<\/strong> on your <strong>Ubuntu <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linux virtual server<\/a><\/strong> with <code>apt<\/code> using the command below<\/p>\n<pre>## apt-get install nginx<\/pre>\n<h3><strong>SET-UP SSL IN NGINX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Setting up an <strong>SSL<\/strong> based website in <strong>Nginx<\/strong> is pretty simple. In this tutorial we will be using a self-signed SSL certificate. This means that instead of purchasing <a title=\"Signed SSL Certificates | RoseHosting.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ssl-certificates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed SSL certificates<\/a>, we would have to generate and sign our own SSL certificate and use it in our Nginx.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so let&#8217;s generate SSL certificate for <code>ssl.domain.tld<\/code> in <code>\/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld<\/code> directory using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>## mkdir \/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld -p\r\n## cd \/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld\r\n## openssl genrsa -des3 -out ssl.domain.tld.key 2048\r\n## openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 365 -key ssl.domain.tld.key -out ssl.domain.tld.crt\r\n## cp ssl.domain.tld.key{,.orig}\r\n## openssl rsa -in ssl.domain.tld.key.orig -out ssl.domain.tld.key\r\n## chmod 400 ssl.domain.tld.key<\/pre>\n<p>you should now have the following files in <code>\/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld<\/code> directory:<\/p>\n<pre>## ls -1 \/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld\r\nssl.domain.tld.crt\r\nssl.domain.tld.key\r\nssl.domain.tld.key.orig\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Ok, next thing to do, is to set-up Nginx virtual host directive (server block) for <code>ssl.domain.tld<\/code> which is serving, for example <code>\/var\/www\/html\/secure<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n<p>first, create the document root directory using <code>mkdir<\/code> and for testing purposes, create a sample <code>html<\/code> file using<\/p>\n<pre>## mkdir \/var\/www\/html\/secure -p\r\n## echo ssl.domain.tld &gt; \/var\/www\/html\/secure\/ssl-test.html<\/pre>\n<p>next, set-up configuration file in <code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-available<\/code> for <code>ssl.domain.tld<\/code> and obviously, make sure you replace <code>ssl.domain.tld<\/code> with your own domain name and also keep in mind to set correct paths to your SSL certificate and key.<\/p>\n<pre>## vim \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/ssl.domain.tld.conf\r\n\r\n\r\nserver {\r\n    listen 443;\r\n    server_name ssl.domain.tld;\r\n\r\n    ssl    on;\r\n    ssl_session_timeout  5m;\r\n    ssl_protocols  SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;\r\n    ssl_ciphers  ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP;\r\n    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;\r\n\r\n    ssl_certificate        \/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld\/ssl.domain.tld.crt;\r\n    ssl_certificate_key    \/root\/ssl\/ssl.domain.tld\/ssl.domain.tld.key;\r\n\r\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/ssl.domain.tld.log;\r\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/ssl.domain.tld-error.log error;\r\n\r\n    root \/var\/www\/html\/secure;\r\n    index  index.html;\r\n\r\n    location \/ {\r\n        try_files $uri $uri\/ =404;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>enable the newly created Nginx server block, simply by creating a symbolic link from <code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/ssl.domain.tld.conf<\/code> to <code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/ssl.domain.tld.conf<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>## cd \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\r\n## ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/ssl.domain.tld.conf<\/pre>\n<h3><strong>RESTART NGINX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, you need to restart your Nginx server for the change to take effect. You can first test you Nginx configuration using:<\/p>\n<pre>## nginx -t<\/pre>\n<p>and if everything is ok, you can restart the server using:<\/p>\n<pre>## service nginx restart<\/pre>\n<p>To test the set-up, try to open <code>https:\/\/ssl.domain.tld\/ssl-test.html<\/code> in your favorite browser or use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>## curl -s -k https:\/\/ssl.domain.tld\/ssl-test.html\r\nssl.domain.tld<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linux VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to set this up for you. 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