HTTPS with SSL for Nginx, Kestrel and Angular
HTTPS with SSL for Nginx, Kestrel and Angular Internet is moving toward secure connections whereby HTTPS is a priority. Browsers are now warning users when navigating to non secured website. With this movement, Kestrel and ASPNET Core have adopted the mentality of security by default rather than security when needed. HTTPS will now be the default and HTTP will be a necessity due to implementation constraints. Together with Lets Encrypt and ACME protocol, we do not have excuses for not implementing an SSL connection. Setup the example SSL self signed certificate for Nginx SSL self signed certificate for Kestrel SSL self signed certificate for Angular CLI 1. Setup the example We assume that our environment is on Ubuntu, with nginx and dotnet installed. If you are on Windows, you can install the linux subsystem with Ubuntu 16.04 as describe on my previous post . This will give access to most of the features of Ubuntu via a bash prompt. To start we create a HelloWorld applicatio...