Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Setting up a self-signed certificate

Since our ownCloud drive is meant for personal use, and for the sake of the example, we will resort to a self-signed certificate: the procedure is relatively hassle-free and it doesn't cost a thing. Run the following commands to generate your certificate:

# openssl genrsa -out owncloud.key 2048 
# openssl req -new -key owncloud.key -out owncloud.csr 
# openssl x509 -req -days 1000 -in owncloud.csr -signkey owncloud.key -out owncloud.crt 

Now that you have the required files at your disposal, open your virtual host configuration file (containing your server block) and make the following changes:

• Replace listen 80 with listen 443 ssl
• Insert ssl_certificate /etc/cert/owncloud.crt; (use your actual certificate ...