Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Nginx

1sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/nginx/certs/nginx-selfsigned.key -out /etc/nginx/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt

1sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/certs/dhparam.pem 2048

1ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt;
2ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/nginx-selfsigned.key;
3ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/certs/dhparam.pem;

 1server {
 2    listen 443 ssl;
 3    server_name _;
 4    index index.html index.php;
 5    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
 6    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log error;
 7
 8    location / {
 9      proxy_pass http://backend;
10    }
11
12    location ~ /\.ht {
13        deny  all;
14    }
15}