Activating SSL for BookStack Application

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This following code is the original nginx setup.

server
{
    listen 80;
    server_name learning.introvesia.com;
    index index.php index.html index.htm default.php default.htm default.html;
    root /www/wwwroot/learning.introvesia.com;

    #SSL-START SSL related configuration, do NOT delete or modify the next line of commented-out 404 rules
    #error_page 404/404.html;
    #SSL-END

    #ERROR-PAGE-START  Error page configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 502 /502.html;
    #ERROR-PAGE-END

    #PHP-INFO-START  PHP reference configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    include enable-php-00.conf;
    #PHP-INFO-END

    #REWRITE-START URL rewrite rule reference, any modification will invalidate the rewrite rules set by the panel
    include <Subdomain Configuration Path>/learning.introvesia.com.conf;
    #REWRITE-END

    # Forbidden files or directories
    location ~ ^/(\.user.ini|\.htaccess|\.git|\.env|\.svn|\.project|LICENSE|README.md)
    {
        return 404;
    }

    # Directory verification related settings for one-click application for SSL certificate
    location ~ \.well-known{
        allow all;
    }

    #Prohibit putting sensitive files in certificate verification directory
    if ( $uri ~ "^/\.well-known/.*\.(php|jsp|py|js|css|lua|ts|go|zip|tar\.gz|rar|7z|sql|bak)$" ) {
        return 403;
    }

    location ~ .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|bmp|swf)$
    {
        expires      30d;
        error_log /dev/null;
        access_log /dev/null;
    }

    location ~ .*\.(js|css)?$
    {
        expires      12h;
        error_log /dev/null;
        access_log /dev/null; 
    }
    access_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.log;
    error_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.error.log;
}

Setup After SSL is Activated

server
{
    listen 80;
		listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name learning.introvesia.com;
    index index.php index.html index.htm default.php default.htm default.html;
    root /www/wwwroot/learning.introvesia.com;

    #CERT-APPLY-CHECK--START
    # Configuration related to file verification for SSL certificate application - Do not delete
    include <Subdomain Well-Known Path>/learning.introvesia.com.conf;
    #CERT-APPLY-CHECK--END
    #SSL-START SSL related configuration, do NOT delete or modify the next line of commented-out 404 rules
    #error_page 404/404.html;
    #HTTP_TO_HTTPS_START
    if ($server_port !~ 443){
        rewrite ^(/.*)$ https://$host$1 permanent;
    }
    #HTTP_TO_HTTPS_END
    ssl_certificate    <Subdomain File Path>/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key    <Subdomain File Path>/privkey.pem;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers <Generated SSL Ciphers>;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000";
    error_page 497  https://$host$request_uri;
		#SSL-END

    #ERROR-PAGE-START  Error page configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 502 /502.html;
    #ERROR-PAGE-END

    #PHP-INFO-START  PHP reference configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    include enable-php-00.conf;
    #PHP-INFO-END

    #REWRITE-START URL rewrite rule reference, any modification will invalidate the rewrite rules set by the panel
    include <Subdomain Configuration Path>/learning.introvesia.com.conf;
    #REWRITE-END

    # Forbidden files or directories
    location ~ ^/(\.user.ini|\.htaccess|\.git|\.env|\.svn|\.project|LICENSE|README.md)
    {
        return 404;
    }

    # Directory verification related settings for one-click application for SSL certificate
    location ~ \.well-known{
        allow all;
    }

    #Prohibit putting sensitive files in certificate verification directory
    if ( $uri ~ "^/\.well-known/.*\.(php|jsp|py|js|css|lua|ts|go|zip|tar\.gz|rar|7z|sql|bak)$" ) {
        return 403;
    }

    location ~ .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|bmp|swf)$
    {
        expires      30d;
        error_log /dev/null;
        access_log /dev/null;
    }

    location ~ .*\.(js|css)?$
    {
        expires      12h;
        error_log /dev/null;
        access_log /dev/null; 
    }
    access_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.log;
    error_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.error.log;
}

SSL Activation with Reverse Proxy

This following code will activate SSL.

server
{
    listen 80;
		listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name learning.introvesia.com;
    index index.php index.html index.htm default.php default.htm default.html;
    root /www/wwwroot/learning.introvesia.com;

    #CERT-APPLY-CHECK--START
    # Configuration related to file verification for SSL certificate application - Do not delete
    include <Subdomain Well-Known Path>/learning.introvesia.com.conf;
    #CERT-APPLY-CHECK--END
    #SSL-START SSL related configuration, do NOT delete or modify the next line of commented-out 404 rules
    #error_page 404/404.html;
    #HTTP_TO_HTTPS_START
    if ($server_port !~ 443){
        rewrite ^(/.*)$ https://$host$1 permanent;
    }
    #HTTP_TO_HTTPS_END
    ssl_certificate    <Subdomain File Path>/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key    <Subdomain File Path>/privkey.pem;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers <Generated SSL Ciphers>;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000";
    error_page 497  https://$host$request_uri;
		#SSL-END

    #ERROR-PAGE-START  Error page configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 502 /502.html;
    #ERROR-PAGE-END

    #PHP-INFO-START  PHP reference configuration, allowed to be commented, deleted or modified
    include enable-php-00.conf;
    #PHP-INFO-END

    #REWRITE-START URL rewrite rule reference, any modification will invalidate the rewrite rules set by the panel
    include <Subdomain Configuration Path>/learning.introvesia.com.conf;
    #REWRITE-END
    
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;  # Forward requests to BookStack
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

    # Forbidden files or directories
    location ~ ^/(\.user.ini|\.htaccess|\.git|\.env|\.svn|\.project|LICENSE|README.md)
    {
        return 404;
    }

    # Directory verification related settings for one-click application for SSL certificate
    location ~ \.well-known{
        allow all;
    }
    
    access_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.log;
    error_log  /www/wwwlogs/learning.introvesia.com.error.log;
}