Nginx Reverse Proxy with SSL

This is a config template for a nginx reverse proxy with SSL termination.

Requirements

Extra Files

• You'll need a nginx.conf which will include conf.d/*.conf; in the http section.
  Otherwise, you'll need to figure out what's the best way for you to include the configuration.
• SSL certificate files server.pem and server-key.pem in directory certs/.
• extra/dhparam.pem, which you'll have to generate via openssl dhparam -out extra/dhparam.pem 4096 (this can happen anywhere, where openssl is available, i.e. this does not have to happen on the server itself).

Adjustments

• Domain name of the proxy server: server_name in vhost.conf.
• Host of the server without SSL behind this proxy: proxy_pass in vhost.conf.
• If you're not using docker, you need to adjust the IP of the DNS: resolver in ssl.conf.