Nginx config generator (nginx-ssl-confgen)

Simple nginx config generator with let's encrypt support

Prerequisites

• nginx
• certbot (if you want to use let's encrypt certificate generation)
• python3-certbot-nginx (if you want to use let's encrypt certificate generation)

Ubuntu server installation

apt-get update
apt-get install nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Installation

Go to releases page and download deb package.

Usage

Usage of nginx-ssl-confgen:
  -agree-tos
        let's encrypt terms of service agreement
  -email string
        email for letsencrypt
  -generate-ssl
        generate letsencrypt certificate
  -local-dir string
        http files directory
  -nginx-conf-dir string
        nginx sites available directory (default "/etc/nginx/sites-available/")
  -nginx-conf-dir-enabled string
        nginx sites enabled directory (default "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/")
  -proxy-pass string
        proxy pass server
  -servers string
        comma-separeted domains list
  -ssl-full-chain string
        ssl full chain path
  -ssl-private-key string
        ssl private key path

Example (with let's encrypt certificate and proxy pass):

nginx-ssl-confgen -servers=example.com -proxy-pass=http://localhost:8080 -generate-ssl -email=me@example.com -agree-tos

Crontab setup (for certbot renewal)

If your certbot package does not have certbot.timer, add the following line to the crontab for automatic certificate renewal:

0 6 * * * certbot renew

Building

Prerequisites

• go 1.20

Building binary

make build-amd64 # amd64 binary

OR

make build-arm64 # arm64 binary

Building deb package

make build-deb-amd64 # amd64 deb package

OR

make build-deb-arm64 # arm64 deb package

TODO

• Tests
• Linters
• RPM builds