Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

SSL

The SSL module enables HTTPS support, HTTP over SSL/TLS in particular. It gives you the possibility to serve secure websites by providing a certificate, a certificate key, and other parameters, defined with the following directives:

Directive	Description
ssl Context: http, server	Enables HTTPS for the specified server. This directive is the equivalent of listen 443 ssl, or listen port ssl, more generally. Syntax: on or off Default: ssl off;
ssl_certificate Context: http, server	Sets the path of the PEM certificate. This directive can be specified multiple times to load certificates of different types. Syntax: File path
ssl_certificate_key Context: http, server	Sets the path of the PEM secret key file.  This directive ...