Detailed tutorial on configuring nginx for https encrypted access

yum -y install wget gcc gcc-c++ pcre-devel openssl-devel

 wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.19.0.tar.gz

[root@localhost ~]# tar xf nginx-1.19.0.tar.gz 
[root@localhost ~]# cd nginx-1.19.0
[root@localhost nginx-1.19.0]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nginx --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module && make && make install

[root@localhost nginx-1.19.0]# cd /usr/local/nginx/
[root@localhost nginx]# ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx /usr/local/sbin/nginx

[root@localhost nginx]# mkdir sslkey
[root@localhost nginx]# cd sslkey/
[root@localhost sslkey]# openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 

[root@localhost sslkey]# openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr 

[root@localhost sslkey]# openssl req -x509 -days 3650 -key server.key -in server.csr > server.crt 

[root@localhost sslkey]# openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.unsecure 

[root@localhost conf]# pwd
/usr/local/nginx/conf
[root@localhost conf]# vim nginx.conf

server {
  listen 443;
  server_name localhost;
  ssl_certificate /usr/local/nginx/sslkey/server.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /usr/local/nginx/sslkey/server.key.unsecure;
  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE:ECDH:AES:HIGH:!NULL:!aNULL:!MD5:!ADH:!RC4;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; 

[root@localhost conf]# nginx
[root@localhost conf]# ss -nltp|grep 443
LISTEN 0 128 *:443 *:* users:(("nginx",pid=25949,fd=6),("nginx",pid=25948,fd=6))