# Please Help! SSL , Let's Encrypt , digitalOcean , Https , 443

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [19 February 2021 05:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278 "2021-02-19T05:05:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [19 February 2021 05:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278/1 "2021-02-19T05:05:26Z")

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Hi All I am newbie  
I'm trying to configure my node-red server.

I follow tutorial in this : [Node-red server with nginx reverse proxy howto guide - FAQs - Node-RED Forum](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-server-with-nginx-reverse-proxy-howto-guide/27397)  
and some websites on internet/

this is what I config settings.js now :  
uiPort: process.env.PORT || 443  
https: {  
key: require("fs").readFileSync('/path/fullchain.pem'),  
cert: require("fs").readFileSync('/path/cert.pem')  
},  
https: function() {  
return {  
key: require("fs").readFileSync('/path/privkey.pem'),  
cert: require("fs").readFileSync('/path/cert.pem')  
}  
},

my dns setting in digitalocean

 ![2021-02-19_11-50-09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/6/26dc73cc3f4143926d32023ef9f429ae469b4bca.png)

now :  
[https://www.mydomain.com](https://www.mydomain.com) ---\> node-red admin (I dont want it)

I want :  
https ://node-red.mydomain.com ---\> node-red admin  
node-red .mydomain.com ---\> node-red admin

https ://www.mydomain.com ---\> my single page website  
mydomain .com ---\> my single page website

https ://dashboard.mydomain.com ---\> my nodered dash board  
dashboard .mydomain.com ---\> my nodered dash board

Could you please help me? and How to setup the nginx ?  
PS sorry for my english

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**Post date:** [19 February 2021 12:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278/2 "2021-02-19T12:57:08Z")

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Can't help directly as I don't use that configuration. However, have you tried breaking up the problem so that you can work through it bit-by-bit?

Starting with NGINX. Can you set up and access a simple, static website over HTTP? Can you then configure that to use HTTPS?

Really, you want that up and running first anyway. So that Node-RED is never exposed directly.

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**Author:** ![meeki007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/meeki007/32/12499_2.png) [@meeki007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/meeki007)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 02:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278/3 "2021-02-20T02:52:41Z")

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I think I understand what your asking.

For simplicity the guide is for setting up a stand alone server with node-red. Are you trying to host a web sited and node red on the same server. If so you need to get a better understanding of nginx.

I've never done what your asking because node-red does not like to have 2 seperate root '/' locations for admin and dashboard.

if you forward it with nginx it can get messy so for it to be easy you will have to pick

in your node-red's settings.js file you need to set your UI settings for dashboard to / and change node-red to a /admin

or keep admin at '/' and change your UI root location

then change nginx file to point to each accordingly

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**Post date:** [20 February 2021 12:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278/4 "2021-02-20T12:28:56Z")

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> [@meeki007](#):
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> I've never done what your asking because node-red does not like to have 2 seperate root '/' locations for admin and dashboard.

To be honest, the first config change I always make when installing Node-RED is to change the Editor to be on `/red` since I always want to keep the root url clear.

NGNX should have no issues with this. And Dashboard will be on `/ui` anyway by default. I usually put a menu of some sort on the root URL just so that there is always something useful there.

Node-RED does, of course have many different URL's and some nodes add their own. However, because Node-RED has its own PORT, you can easily configure a reverse proxy to redirect it to a different virtual web. This is important in production environments since many enterprise firewalls will block port 1880 by default.

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**Post date:** [21 April 2021 12:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-help-ssl-lets-encrypt-digitalocean-https-443/41278/5 "2021-04-21T12:29:51Z")

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