Configure Certbot/Nignx/SSL
Greetings.
I have a website running, it works.
I have certbot working, it made a certificate!
I have email working, it sends, it doesn't? receive
However, no matter how I configure the nginx files, I can't seem to get the SSL working.
I tested the certificate with a website, AND Thunderbird, and they both say the same thing "The SSL certificate exists but is for a different website than the name specified"
Well how can it be? I only have one domain. I followed the Linode video, went down a rabbit hole of .conf files, but most of the information is out of date.
The nginx.conf file doesn't like the "http" section. Fine, I just add SSL_Cert file locaions in a random spot - works fine! Still, I don't have a secure connection.
Thoughts? I'm really puzzled.
3 Replies
Use this command:
openssl x509 -noout -text -in /the/path/to/cert.pem
and make sure that
Subject: CN = mywebsite.com
matches the URL of your site.
If they don't match, generate a new cert that does and expire the old one…or change the URL of your website.
-- sw
