Letsencrypt How to add SSL to a non-SSL vhost?

I am using Centminmod 123.09beta01 with CentOS 7. I have been using it for over a year now and when I setup this server I created a non-SSL host. However, now I want to add SSL to it, how do I go about that? I will be using Lets Encrypts free SSL so please let me know if there are any specific instructions.

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Secondly, I am running Magento 1.9.3.4 on this server, so if anyone can please give the Nginx config for SSL setup, that would be great as well. Thanks.

 

Thanks for the detailed response. I am a little bit confused.

I followed this link: Migrating Existing Nginx Vhost From HTTP to HTTP/2 based HTTPS With Letsencrypt SSL Certificates

And the 1st step says to go to this page: https://centminmod.com/vhost.php and follow the instructions there. Should I follow the instructions on this link only and ignore all the steps on the first link?

 

Thanks. I just want to confirm one last thing, before I go ahead and do this. Since, I will be doing this one a live server and wont want to have much downtime so I am being extra cautious.

This is my current non-ssl NGINX config:

Code:

# Centmin Mod Getting Started Guide
# must read http://centminmod.com/getstarted.html

# redirect from non-www to www
# uncomment, save file and restart Nginx to enable
# if unsure use return 302 before using return 301
#server {
#            listen   80;
#            server_name domain.com;
#            return 301 $scheme://www.domain.com$request_uri;
#       }

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name .domain.com;

# ngx_pagespeed & ngx_pagespeed handler
#include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeed.conf;
#include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedhandler.conf;
#include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedstatslog.conf;
  # limit_conn limit_per_ip 16;
  # ssi  on;

  access_log /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/log/access.log combined buffer=256k flush=60m;
  error_log /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/log/error.log;

  root /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/public;

  # prevent access to ./directories and files
  location ~ (?:^|/)\. {
   deny all;
  } 

  location / {

# block common exploits, sql injections etc
#include /usr/local/nginx/conf/block.conf;

  # Enables directory listings when index file not found
  #autoindex  on;

  # Shows file listing times as local time
  #autoindex_localtime on;

  # Enable for vBulletin usage WITHOUT vbSEO installed
  # More example Nginx vhost configurations at
  # http://centminmod.com/nginx_configure.html
  try_files        $uri $uri/ @handler;
  index index.html index.php;
  expires 30d;

  }

 location @handler {
 rewrite / /index.php;
 }

 location ~ .php/ {
   rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
 }

 location ~ .php$ {
 #if(!-e $request_filename) {
 #  rewrite / /index.php last;
 #}

 expires  off;
 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 #fastcgi_param HTTPS $fastcgi_https;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
 fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_CODE default;
 fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_TYPE store;
 include fastcgi_params;
}

 # include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
 # include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
 # include /usr/local/nginx/conf/drop.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/errorpage.conf;
 # include /usr/local/nginx/conf/vts_server.conf;
}

According to my understanding after reading this thread: https://community.centminmod.com/threads/configuration-centmin-mod-with-magento.2142/

and the instructions on vHost Generator, I simply need to add this code to my server block on my current configuration:

Code:

  ssl_dhparam /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/domain.com/dhparam.pem;
  ssl_certificate      /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/domain.com/domain.com-acme.cer;
  ssl_certificate_key  /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/domain.com/domain.com-acme.key;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl_include.conf;

  http2_max_field_size 16k;
  http2_max_header_size 32k;
  # dual cert supported ssl ciphers
  ssl_ciphers TLS13-AES-128-GCM-SHA256:TLS13-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS13-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256:TLS13-AES-128-CCM-8-SHA256:TLS13-AES-128-CCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;
  #add_header Alternate-Protocol  443:npn-spdy/3;
  #add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";
  #add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
  #add_header X-Xss-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
  #add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
  #spdy_headers_comp 5;
  ssl_buffer_size 1369;
  ssl_session_tickets on;
 
  resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=10m;
  resolver_timeout 10s;
  ssl_stapling on;
  ssl_stapling_verify on;
  ssl_trusted_certificate /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/domain.com/domain.com-acme.cer;

And lastly,

Change this line from my original config:

Code:

listen 80;

to

Code:

listen 443 ssl http2;

Is this correct?

 

Everything is working fine. Thanks a lot.

 

One issue has arisen. My magento cronjob has stopped working.

Code:

0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/cminfo_updater
MAILTO="myemail@email.com"
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com/public/cron.php
11 */23 * * * /usr/local/src/centminmod/tools/autoprotect.sh 2>/dev/null
21 0 * * * "/root/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null

It was working before I installed SSL. The only thing added is the last acme.sh line. Rest of it is same as before but its not working. If I open the cron.php URL in browser, the cronjob works.

 

I checked the logs. The cron.php is running but oddly, Magento is still showing that cron is not running. This time I also checked running cron.php in browser and it didnt work. Magento has another bash script for cron. I ran that from SSH like this:

Code:

/bin/bash scheduler_cron.sh

And it worked. Magento acknowledged that cron ran.

But putting it in crontab like this:

Code:

/bin/bash /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/public/scheduler_cron.sh

still doesnt work.
Log shows:

Code:

CROND[14563]: (root) CMD (/bin/bash /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/public/scheduler_cron.sh)

 

I just checked my emails. I am getting these emails regarding autoprotect script:

Code:

generated nginx include file [same]: /usr/local/nginx/conf/autoprotect/demodomain.com/autoprotect-demodomain.com.conf
generated nginx include file [same]: /usr/local/nginx/conf/autoprotect/mydomain.com/autoprotect-mydomain.com.conf

autoprotect.sh run completed skipped nginx restart...

And apart from that I am getting these errors:

Code:

which: no php in (/usr/bin:/bin)
/home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com/public/cron.sh: line 47: /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com/public/cron.php: Permission denied

Code:

which: no php in (/usr/bin:/bin)
Could not find a binary for php

I believe the scheduler_cron.sh actually runs cron.sh which runs cron.php.

 

Ok. Its working now. There was some issue with magento's cron.php file. Thanks a lot.