Nginx + SSL + Thin

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 09:37:45PM -0400, sergiocampama wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to configure my web app to receive SSL support. I have nginx
> with 2 server{} clauses, one for http and another (almost identical) for
> https. I have a thin upstream server at port 3000, which only gets
> redirected if a certain /subfolder is accessed. 
> 
> I have the certificates in working order, I can access static content
> perfectly. I also have a proxy_pass directive for http://rails_upstream.
> I tried setting the https server to proxy_pass to https://rails_upstream
> but it gave a 500 error. 
> 
> Is there anything else I need to configure so that the same thin server
> receives the https requests? Or do I need to configure another thin
> server specifically for https purposes?

Unless you need https between nginx and thin for some reason, it's 
usually enough to just write proxy_pass to http://rails_upstream.  
Note "http", not "https".

If you want https between nginx and thin, you have to run another 
thin instance to handle https.

Maxim Dounin