Installing SSL Certificate on EC2 Instance running Nginx

Question

I need some help installing a renewed ssl certificate on our EC2 instance which is using Nginx. I have never used Nginx before so I want to make sure that nothing goes wrong.

I have both the certificate and Intermediate certificate (from Gandi.net) and I have been trying to follow a guide by Digital Ocean for installing them, however on the guide it mentions editing /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default. The server doesn't have a sites-enabled directory so where should I be looking instead to add the relevant information?

If anyone can provide me with a simple step by step on installing certificates to nginx that would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Edit:

I found the correct file in

/etc/nginx/conf.d/

Answer 1

The first step is to find the configuration file that runs your site. It will be defined in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, or that file will reference another file or folder that defines the server block that runs the site.

You could also use a command similar to this to find the files that it could be in

grep -R "ssl_certificate" /etc/nginx

Once you find the file you need to look at ssl_certificate directive. That points to the file that contains the certificate. You should save the new certificate in a similar location to the old one, run "nginx -t" to test the config, then reload/restart Nginx.

You may or may not need to update the ssl_certificate_key if you have a new key.