example.nginx.conf

# an example nginx conf file for https using [this method](https://linode.com/docs/security/ssl/install-lets-encrypt-to-create-ssl-certificates/)

server {
  listen 443;
  server_name example.com www.example.com;
  root /var/www/example.com/html;
  index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
  
  # if hosting static or php files
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
  }
  
  # if using proxy pass to other port on server
  
  location / {
    proxy_pass "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
    proxy_intercept_errors on;
    recursive_error_pages on;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
   }
   
   # if needs rewrite to url 
   
   location /api {
    rewrite ^/api/(.*) /$1 break;
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
   }
   
   
  # make php work with nginx
  location ~ \.php$ {
    fascgi_split_path_info i^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
   }
   
 }
 
 server {
  listen  80;
  server_name example.com wwww.example.com
  rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
 }