How to Set Up a Subdomain with Nginx and SSL on DigitalOcean

Web Servers Security & Privacy Identity And Access Management

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nginx

A high performance free open source web server powering busiest sites on the Internet.
Pricing:
- Open Source
I've always been passionate about contributing to the tech community, and this article is my way of sharing what I've learned. Before diving in, it's beneficial to have a basic understanding of deploying to a DigitalOcean droplet, whether through a CI/CD pipeline or manually uploading your JAR files and running the app on the server. In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up Nginx, and Certbot, and securing your domain with SSL using Godaddy as the domain provider.

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Let's Encrypt

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
Pricing:
- Open Source
Great job configuring Nginx for your subdomain! Now that your server handles HTTP-to-HTTPS redirection and proxies requests to your Java application, the next step is to secure these connections using SSL certificates. We'll now move on to installing Certbot and configuring SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt.

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DNSChecker.org

Check DNS Propagation worldwide. DNS Checker provides name server propagation check instantly. Changed nameservers so do a DNS lookup and check if DNS and nameservers have propagated.
Pricing:
- Free
Once you add this record, visitors can access your site using either your root domain or the www subdomain. Also, DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate. Use tools like DNS Checker to verify the changes.

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Certbot

Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates.

I've always been passionate about contributing to the tech community, and this article is my way of sharing what I've learned. Before diving in, it's beneficial to have a basic understanding of deploying to a DigitalOcean droplet, whether through a CI/CD pipeline or manually uploading your JAR files and running the app on the server. In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up Nginx, and Certbot, and securing your domain with SSL using Godaddy as the domain provider.

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