nginx self signed cert

Oct 5, 2014 1 min.

Create your self-signed certificate: openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 3650 -nodes Configure your nginx: server { listen 443 ssl; listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem; # enables server-side protection from BEAST attacks # http://blog.ivanristic.com/2013/09/is-beast-still-a-threat.html ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; # disable SSLv3(enabled by default since nginx 0.8.19) since it's less secure then TLS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer#SSL_3.0 ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # ciphers chosen for forward secrecy and compatibility # http://blog.