nginx with ssl as reverse proxy

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 09:16:49AM +0200, Ran Shalit wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have followed the article which explains how to configure nginx with
> ssl as reverse proxy for Jenkins:
> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-nginx-with-ssl-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-jenkins
> 
> Yet, I don't understand one thing,
> The ssl key is configured only for nginx:
> 
> client ------- nginx proxy ----Jenkins server
>                      <ssl key>
> 
> Doesn't Jenkins server need to be provided with keys too  ?

In the article in question nginx speaks to Jenkins via http (not 
https), so there is no need to configure SSL certificates/keys on 
Jenkins.

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Maxim Dounin
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