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Nginx + Docker + Let'sEncrypt on Ubuntu
How to setup a webservice using nginx + docker + LetsEncrypt on Ubuntu VMs
Pre-requisites
- A VM with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS running on it
- Ability to SSH into the VM
- VM should be connected to internet to get the IP address
- Access to DNS server for your domain, in order to add an entry there to create a domain name mapping to your server
Now let's prepare our VM for the task at hand. Install various packages:
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# Update dependencies
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt -y upgrade
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sudo apt install -y docker.io
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sudo apt install -y nginx
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Update Firewall
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# check firewall options
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sudo ufw app list
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# enable all HTTP and HTTPs traffic from firewall
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sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'
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# confirm updated status
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sudo ufw status
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# NOTE: On GCP, the status will show inactive since firewall is external
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Start docker container
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sudo docker run -p 3000:8080 -e NODE_ENV='production' --name website-prod \
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--restart=always -d gcr.io/ivikramtiwari/website:prod
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Configure Nginx for HTTP access
Before we can enable HTTPs access, we need to have HTTP access enabled for our app.
- Make sure application has HTTP traffic enables from Compute Engine page
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# it's a good idea to create a new file for each subdomain
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sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/vikramtiwari.com
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nginx.conf
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server {
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listen 80;
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listen [::]:80;
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listen 443 ssl;
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listen [::]:443 ssl;
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server_name vikramtiwari.com www.vikramtiwari.com;
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include snippets/ssl-vikram.tiwari.dev.conf;
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include snippets/ssl-params.conf;
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server_tokens off;
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root /var/www/html;
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location / {
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proxy_read_timeout 300;
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proxy_connect_timeout 300;
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proxy_redirect off;
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proxy_http_version 1.1;
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proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
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proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
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proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:3000;
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}
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location ~ /.well-known {
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allow all;
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}
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}
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# create a symlink in sites-enabled
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sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/vikramtiwari.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
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# check if nginx config is correct
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sudo nginx -t
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# restart nginx
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sudo systemctl restart nginx
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# check nginx status
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sudo systemctl status nginx
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# find your IP address
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dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com.
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Now use your IP address to create a "A" type DNS record on your provider. As soon as the DNS settings are live, you should be able to access your app on your website.
Setup LetsEncrypt
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# install certbot and nginx plugin
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sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
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# get certificates
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sudo certbot --nginx -d vikramtiwari.com -d www.vikramtiwari.com
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# Follow through the options in the terminal until it shows "Congratulations!" message
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At this point everything is setup and you are ready to receive HTTPs traffic.
Verification of HTTPs
- Using CLI
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sudo certbot renew --dry-run
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- From nginx file. Your Nginx file should have following entries now
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listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
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listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
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ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/vikramtiwari.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
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ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/vikramtiwari.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
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include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
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ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
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