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Add SSL

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Add SSL Add SSL

Description

Let's make http://my-project.your-domain.tld have an SSL certificate and auto-forward all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

Note

It is important that your domain name has fully propagated across the internet before attempting this step since the CertBot servers will try to validate your domain from different locations in the world.

DNS Checker works well for checking global DNS propagation. Enter your domain and select the A option.

These instructions are for Nginx running on Ubuntu 20.04. For different operating systems and web servers, check the Certbot website.

Ensure the snapd package manager is up-to-date.

sudo snap install core; sudo snap refresh core

Install CertBot

sudo snap install --classic certbot

Prepare the CertBot command

sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot

Now we can run CertBot and follow the prompts.

sudo certbot --nginx

Now visit the https version of your URL.

https://my-project.your-domain.tld

You can also visit the example that was created in the video.

https://my-project.sbcode.net

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