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Set Up Let’s Encrypt with Nginx Proxy on Debian VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Install Let’s Encrypt—a free SSL service—with Nginx proxy on a Debian VPS—install Certbot:

apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

run:

certbot --nginx -d domain.com

configure proxy in /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain:

location / { proxy_pass http://backend:8080; }

Open port:

ufw allow 443

On Linode test with

curl -I https://domain.com

Ensures uptime—secures phpMyAdmin with proxied VPS hosting