Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

SSL-related directives

If you are going to be working with SSL backend servers, the following directives will be useful to you.

Directive	Description
proxy_ssl_certificate Context: http, server, location	Sets the path of a PEM file that contains a certificate for authentication to an SSL backend. Syntax: File path Default value: None
proxy_ssl_certificate_key Context: http, server, location	Sets the path of the secret key file (PEM format) for authentication to an SSL backend. Syntax: File path Default value: None
proxy_ssl_ciphers Context: http, server, location	Sets the ciphers for SSL communication with the backend server. Run the following shell command to get the list of available ciphers on your server: openssl ...