Force ssl in nginx with redirect

Just edit your site configuration file make sure you have a site setup for HTTPS - SSL (port 443)
edit the portion for HTTP:


server {
    listen      80;
    server_name server.yourdomain.tld;
    rewrite     ^   https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
}

save and restart nginx
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