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Forcing HTTPS Traffic with NGINX

With benefits including security, improved performance, and better search engine positioning, there's no reason to not be serving *all* web traffic over HTTPS. In this activity, the student will take an existing NGINX virtual host that only handles traffic over HTTP and configure it to handle HTTPS traffic (using a self-signed certificate) and redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 15m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 26, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Accept HTTPS Requests for status.example.com

    The student is asked to expand the NGINX configuration so that an explicit request to https://status.example.com renders the status page. This will require generating a self-signed certificate to use in the SSL configuration.

  2. Challenge

    HTTP Requests for status.example.com Redirect to HTTPS Equivalent

    Requests to port 80 (HTTP) for status.example.com should redirect to the same URL over HTTPS with a status code of 301 or 302.

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