(WIP) Secure your home server domain with NGINX and Let's encrypt SSL
Don’t leave your server unsecured, NGINX and Let’s encrypt are here to help
Nowadays HTTPS is a standardized protocol for data transmission over the internet due to its security. After I pointed a custom domain to my home server’s public IP, getting an SSL certificate for my domain was the next step I though about
Good thing is we can have free cert, but we might need to renew it every 3 months. But with the help of NGINX and Let’s encrypt, the process is now much easier and auto-renewal
Prerequisite
Cloudflare api token with zone scope
Running nginx proxy manager
A domain connected to your home server public IP address
Step-by-step
Todo: put screenshots here