Nginx Reverse Proxy SSL Error
By Emma Johnson •
So I have my Nginx reverse proxy set up as follows.
listen 80; server_name mydomain.net; return 301 }
server { listen 443; server_name mydomain.net; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/ ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/ location / { proxy_pass }
}
But when I try to connect to my website it says "This site can't provide a secure connection, ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR. Did I misconfigure SSL?1 Answer
You should change the listen directive to listen with the SSL protocol: listen 80; says to listen for http connections on port 80, but listen 443 ssl; says to listen on port 443 for https connections.
the configuration should be as follows:
server { listen 80; server_name mydomain.net; return 301
}
server { listen 443 ssl; server_name mydomain.net; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/ ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/ location / { proxy_pass }
}you can also combine them. you can remove your return statement, and combine all others into one server block. just add this snippet:
if ($scheme = http) { return 301 }
