How to Install Your FREE Namecheap SSL Certificate

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1. during the process of installing ssl for my site. When i restart the nginx with, sudo service nginx restart, I’am facing with this error
   nginx: [emerg] “location” directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/conf.d/wordpress_http.conf:23
   nginx: configura

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   • Without seeing your conf file, my guess is that your location directive needs to be inside a server directive like this

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     • Files http.conf.d

       upstream php-handler-http {
       	server 127.0.0.1:9000;
       }
       
       server {
               listen 80;
               server_name truyenfox.com www.truyenfox.com;
               return 301 https://truyenfox.com$request_uri;
       }
       	root /home/tonyflor/domains/tonyteaches.tech/public_html/;
       	index index.php;
       
       	# set max upload size
       	client_max_body_size 2G;
       	fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;
       
       	access_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress_http_access.log combined;
       	error_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress_http_error.log;
       
       	server_tokens off;
       
       	location = /favicon.ico {
       		log_not_found off;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       	location = /robots.txt {
       		allow all;
       		log_not_found off;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       	location / {
       		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args ;
       	}
       
       	# protected area (XHProf)
       	location ^~ /xhprof/xhprof_html/ {
       		auth_basic "Restricted";
       		auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd/xhprof;
       
       		location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		  include fastcgi_params;
       		  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off \n mbstring.encoding_translation=off";
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "assert.active=0 \n mbstring.http_input=pass \n mbstring.http_output=pass";
       		  fastcgi_pass php-handler-http ;
       		  fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       		}
       	}
       
       	# protected area (phpmyadmin)
       	location ^~ /mysqladmin/ {
       		auth_basic "Restricted";
       		auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd/phpmyadmin;
       
       		location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		  include fastcgi_params;
       		  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off \n mbstring.encoding_translation=off";
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "assert.active=0 \n mbstring.http_input=pass \n mbstring.http_output=pass";
       		  fastcgi_pass php-handler-http ;
       		  fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       		}
       	}
       
       	location ~* \.(htaccess|htpasswd) {
       		deny all;
       	}
       
       	location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		include fastcgi_params;
       		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "auto_prepend_file=/home/tonyflor/domains/tonyteaches.tech/public_html/xhprof/external/header.php";
       		fastcgi_pass php-handler-http;
       		fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       	}
       
       	# set long EXPIRES header on static assets
       	location ~* \.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|ico|png|css|js|swf)$ {
       		expires 30d;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       }
       
       
       files: https conf.d
       
       upstream php-handler-https {
       	server 127.0.0.1:9000;
       }
       
       server {
       
       listen 443 ssl;
       
       ssl_certificate /path/to/certificate/truyenfox_com_chain.crt;
       
       ssl_certificate_key /path/to/server.key;
       
       root /path/to/webroot;
       
       server_name truyenfox.com www.truyenfox.com;
       
       }
       
       	root /home/tonyflor/domains/tonyteaches.tech/public_html/;
       	index index.php;
       
       	# set max upload size
       	client_max_body_size 2G;
       	fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;
       
       	access_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress_https_access.log combined;
       	error_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress_https_error.log;
       
       	server_tokens off;
       
       	location = /favicon.ico {
       		log_not_found off;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       	location = /robots.txt {
       		allow all;
       		log_not_found off;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       	location / {
       		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args ;
       	}
       
       	# protected area (XHProf)
       	location ^~ /xhprof/xhprof_html/ {
       		auth_basic "Restricted";
       		auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd/xhprof;
       
       		location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		  include fastcgi_params;
       		  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off \n mbstring.encoding_translation=off";
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "assert.active=0 \n mbstring.http_input=pass \n mbstring.http_output=pass";
       		  fastcgi_pass php-handler-http ;
       		  fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       		}
       	}
       
       	# protected area (phpmyadmin)
       	location ^~ /mysqladmin/ {
       		auth_basic "Restricted";
       		auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd/phpmyadmin;
       
       		location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		  include fastcgi_params;
       		  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off \n mbstring.encoding_translation=off";
       		  fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "assert.active=0 \n mbstring.http_input=pass \n mbstring.http_output=pass";
       		  fastcgi_pass php-handler-http ;
       		  fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       		}
       	}
       
       	location ~* \.(htaccess|htpasswd) {
       		deny all;
       	}
       
       	location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
       		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
       		include fastcgi_params;
       		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       		fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
       		fastcgi_param HTTPS on;
       		fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "auto_prepend_file=/home/tonyflor/domains/tonyteaches.tech/public_html/xhprof/external/header.php";
       		fastcgi_pass php-handler-https;
       		fastcgi_read_timeout 60s;
       	}
       
       	# set long EXPIRES header on static assets
       	location ~* \.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|ico|png|css|js|swf)$ {
       		expires 30d;
       		access_log off;
       	}
       
       }

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       • Please remove the extra } on line 8

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         • Is there a faster way to contact you? Can I install it for you please? I have been struggling with ssl installation for a week now but without success. I’m not very good at vps.

         • You can try reaching out on my contact page. Did removing the curly bracket work for you?

2. Amazin!

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3. My pleasure. All the best with your blog!

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