Hi,
following setup: We do have a droplet with node.js (ubuntu) and need to secure it via ssl. Let’s say we have the domain example.com - we just using the node.js server for some parts (chat, etc.).
Thus for me the question is, how to achieve that we can use ssl with it. Should we create a subdomain like services.example.com and direct that subdomain to the ip of our droplet via dns and then buy the certificate for that ?
Some hints would be great, thanks!
Best, Nico
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Hi,
I would recommend setting up nginx as a reverse proxy for your Nodejs application. Take a look at the following tutorial (ignoring anything related to Apache):
If you have Nodejs set up and ready to go, you can skip straight to the Set Up Reverse Proxy Server section. You will want to replace
APP_PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESSin nginx’s config with127.0.0.1.Once you’ve done that, configure your Nodejs app to listen on
127.0.0.1:8080or any other port that is unused and over 1024 (make sure you update the nginx config with the new port as well).To install an SSL certificate, follow this tutorial: