Lets Encrypt SSL & redirect for http to http and www to non www https - jigneshpshah/greycube_helpmanual GitHub Wiki

To install Lets Encrypt SSL and also redirect https://wwww.domain.com to https://domain.com

Note : replace domain.com with the actual domain

[1] Check at https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=https://www.domain.com It used to give error in last point i.e. 'Name Mismatch Error' It means we have no certificate for WWW

[2] sudo service nginx stop

cd /opt

sudo ./certbot-auto certonly --manual --preferred-challenges=dns --agree-tos -d domain.com -d www.domain.com

It would give 2 challenges

Get both values and pass it to DNS panel and wait before hitting 2nd enter


Please deploy a DNS TXT record under the name

_acme-challenge.domain.com with the following value:

Aa_4eGEbdFVEar6ABCFST7oy7C-H2t97APV45oTo


Press Enter to Continue


Please deploy a DNS TXT record under the name

_acme-challenge.www.domain.com with the following value:

rNmIw235bA7MnE45z6h32yXGu9foqduJEbrBPmdROKIj


[3] In DNS panel add acme withOUT the domain name i.e

TXT Value
_acme-challenge Aa_4eGEbdFVEar6ABCFST7oy7C-H2t97APV45oTo
_acme-challenge.www rNmIw235bA7MnE45z6h32yXGu9foqduJEbrBPmdROKIj

[4]sudo service nginx reload

[5] Check on https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html name mismatch error is gone

[6] Do following steps in cd bench/config nano ngix.conf to redirect

https://www.domain.com --> https://domain.com

It should have 2 server blocks at the end for redirection

# http to https redirect

server {

listen 80;

server_name www.domain.com domain.com;

return 301 https://$host$request_uri;

}

# https://www. to https:// redirect

server {

listen 443;

     server_name www.domain.com;

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

}