apt install nginx

allow HTTP and HTTPS ports Link to heading

sudo ufw allow https
sudo ufw allow http

Add nginx configuration Link to heading

touch /etc/nginx/sites-available/foobar.com.conf
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/foobar.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enable

server {
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;

        server_name foobar.com www.foobar.com;

        root /var/www/example.com;
        index index.html;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
}

then reload nginx

service nginx reload

Change DNS on domain and DNS provider Link to heading

Change the domain to point to your VPS provider. In my case, I am using digitalocean.

ns1.digitalocean.com
ns2.digitalocean.com
ns3.digitalocean.com

Then create Domain Entry with VPS provider with “foobar.com”. under the domain, create 2 “A” records to point to the VPS with nginx

• foobar.com
• www.foobar.com

Let’s Encrypt for SSL Link to heading

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt install python-certbot-nginx

run certbot and follow the steps:

sudo certbot --nginx -d foobar.com -d www.foobar.com