HTTPS
Nginx comes with the ability to encrypt communications using openssl. What this means is that your website can be accessed using https:// instead of just http:// and all communications to and from the site will be encrypted.
For HTTPS to work, a certificate and a key are required. You should either generate a self-signed certificate and key (adequate for internal use or for personal sites) or buy a certificate from a certified CA authority (necessary if you want anyone to trust your site for commercial ventures).
To generate a key for the certificate, use this command:
matthew@seymour:~$ openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048
This will generate a basic key using Triple-DES and 2048-bit encryption. See the ...
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