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How to protect a website/droplet with HTTPS

Posted July 15, 2019 18.1k views
Let's EncryptUbuntu 16.04

Anyone here ever use the Lets Encrypt Digital Ocean feature? I have deployed a website on a Digital Ocean droplet that listens on port 80, i.e. vanilla HTTP. I would like to protect the website using HTTPS, and it seemed like this would be a simple process using DO’s Let’s Encrypt integration under the Security -> Certificates section. It was as simple as…

  1. Click on “Add Certificate”
  2. Select the domain name of my website… testingtestingmiccheck123.com
  3. Click on “Generate Certificate”

However, after doing this simple process, my website is still being served over HTTP. Am I doing something wrong here? Is this not actually what this feature of DO was intended to be used for?

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bobbyiliev July 15, 2019

Hello,

Can you try running the following command and checking if your webserver is now listening on port 443 as well:

netstat -plant | grep 443

If so then you’ve correctly installed Let’s Encrypt and you would need to sort out your website http to https redirect.

If you are using Apache you could do that via your htaccess file or directly in your Vhost.

Hope that this helps!
Bobby

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  • tunaung2048 August 30, 2019

    Hello,

    I have this problem too.
    Previously I used manually generate Let’s Encrypt Cert with Certbot on Ubuntu droplet that auto generate and add to Nginx configuration file. I followed the following tutorials.
    Nginx Install
    Let’s Encrypt Install

    But, now I just found out that cert can also be generated from Dashboard>Security.
    So, after generating certificate where certificate files are located? Not sure how it works. What should I put in Nginx config?

    Thx

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pkjams July 11, 2020

I found this link very useful in setting up with https , in case if it finds helpful to you

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04

How To Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Let's Encrypt to obtain a free SSL certificate and use it with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04. We will also show you how to automatically renew your SSL certificate. If you're running a different web server, simply follow your web server's documentation to learn how to use the certificate with your setup.
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