Welcome to Nginx message after following letsencrypt DO tutorial

March 23, 2018 1.3k

Let's Encrypt Nginx Django Ubuntu 16.04

By:

rickysingh

i recently followed the entire tutorial on how to secure nginx with letsencrypt : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04

but now my website is showing "Welcome to Nginx"

HELP NEEDED

thanks

2 comments

kamaln7 MOD March 25, 2018
Do you get that error when both browsing using HTTP and HTTPS?
rickysingh March 26, 2018
HTTP redirects to HTTPS and the "Welcome to Nginx" continues.

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1 Answer

gaekane June 2, 2018

I have the same problem. Can't figure it out. Any help is appreciated.

rickysingh June 3, 2018

hey, sorry i should have mentioned the answer to this question when i got it done for me. anyways. here is the solution :

in => /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
do not replace your => server_name with "your domain.com" keep it as "under scope" ( _ )

....
server_name _;
....

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