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>>>> Changing completely from a user-facing apache to a user-facing nginx |
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>>>> sounds fraught with peril. |
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> The last time I set this up was for one of our e-commerce sites on Centos. |
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> It went like this: |
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> install nginx |
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> vi config file |
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> change obvious stuff |
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> tweak location of nginx and backend web server |
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> restart stuff |
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> stuff worked |
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> Even the SSL certs was mind-bogglingly easy. Copy it over to nginx. |
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> Sorted. Done. |
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> Lucky for me, I could firewall off the backend web server from the |
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> entire world so users never see it directly. This let me dispense with a |
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> CE signed cert for the backend and just create my own. |
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So you're saying nginx listens on 80/443 and apache listens on |
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1000/1001 (for example) and you firewalled 1000/1001 from all but |
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localhost? |
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Can I use the same SSL certs with nginx that I've been using with apache? |
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- Grant |
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P.S. Thanks for the shot of courage. |
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