How to: Securing NGINX with SSL using Let's Encrypt on CentOS 7.x | Linux Today

How to: Securing NGINX with SSL using Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 7.x

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Ewdison Then
Sep 23, 2018

In April 2016, Let’s Encrypt was launched and gave everyone access to free SSL certificate. There is no reason not to secure your site with HTTPS. In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to secure NGINX hosted sites on CentOS 7.x with Let’s Encrypt.

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