Install SSL on a Nginx server in a azure VM - ssl

Question

I have issued an SSL certificate and now I tried to access using ssh to the config file to install my certificate issued, but it's showing an error, can you please tell me how can I install my SSL certificate on portal.azure.com, I have NGINX server

Answer 1

As far as I know, you can't install an SSL certificate in Azure VM via the portal but you can use cloud-init to install packages and write files, or to configure users and security.
When you create a VM, certificates and keys are stored in the protected /var/lib/waagent/ directory. To automate adding the certificate to the VM and configuring the web server, use cloud-init. In this example, you install and configure the NGINX web server. You can use the same process to install and configure Apache.
Create a file named cloud-init-web-server.txt and paste the following configuration:
#cloud-config
package_upgrade: true
packages:
- nginx
write_files:
- owner: www-data:www-data
- path: /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
content: |
server {
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/mycert.cert;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/mycert.prv;
}
runcmd:
- secretsname=$(find /var/lib/waagent/ -name "*.prv" | cut -c -57)
- mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl
- cp $secretsname.crt /etc/nginx/ssl/mycert.cert
- cp $secretsname.prv /etc/nginx/ssl/mycert.prv
- service nginx restart
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-secure-web-server