Free HTTPS setup for your site

5 minutes guide to encrypt your site
In this article, my current server using nginx and Ubuntu 16.04 hosted by Amazon EC2

Setup your server

Certbot supports many webservers and systems, go to https://certbot.eff.org and get your suitable guide.

  1. ssh to server
  2. Install certbot 
     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install certbot python-certbot-nginx
  3. Edit your Nginx configuration automatically 
     sudo certbot --nginx

Setup your instance

  1. Go to you EC2 / SecurityGroups
  2. Add inbound rule HTTPS - Port 443

Confirm Certbot worked and enjoy HTTPS

Test your site at: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/

References

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