Tutorial on SSL

Could you be a bit more specific? I have everything set up but when I visit the website I get the default 'Welcome to Nginx' page...

• ajenti_XXXX_de.crt
• ajenti_XXXX_de.key

For several years I've used a rules.conf file in /etc//etc/nginx.custom.d/ to take www off our domains like:

server {

return 301 http://domain.com$request_uri; }

This has always worked perfectly. Now I have certificates installed in /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com and use the paths correctly in the SSL area of websites. I modified the ports section to only use 443 with SSL checked. HTTPS is working fine on domain.com - but going to www.domain.com throws an error in the browser. This means NGINX rules are not in effect and I've tried several different directives like:

server {

return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }

return 301 https://domain.com$request_uri; }

None of that appears to work (but none break the site either)

The question is do I need to add www.domain.com as a new website? ...or is there something simple possibly that I am missing.

Thanks for any input about the issue.

I also need to know how to make default https instead of http.

Edit.: Seems solution above working:

server {

return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }

return 301 https://domain.com$request_uri; }

Thanks Wrrr

Yes, and in "Websites/Ports" you can remove port 80 and put 443 and check box SSL and I believe this forces browser to use ssl if you want that functionality. It works for me. I'm also using letsencrypt and it works good. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-14-04

All are the same so you can do like here for installing free Let's Encrypt : https://easypromocode.com/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-free-ssl-on-linux-vps-server/