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title: "NGINX SSL proxy"
description: "NGINX Home Assistant SSL proxy."
date: 2017-04-30 13:28
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Setup an SSL proxy with NGINX and redirect port 80 to 443. Make sure you have generated a certificate before you start this add-on.

In the `http` section of the `configuration.yaml` file remove `ssl_certificate` and `ssl_key` and don't enter the port in the `base_url` to avoid an HTTP 502 error.

```json
{
  "domain": "home.example.com",
  "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
  "keyfile": "privkey.pem",
  "hsts": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
  "customize": {
    "active": false,
    "default": "nginx_proxy_default*.conf",
    "servers": "nginx_proxy/*.conf"
  }
}
```

Configuration variables:

- **domain** (*Required*): Domain they will proxy run with it.
- **certfile** (*Required*): Certificate file to use in the /ssl dir.
- **keyfile** (*Required*): Private key file to use in the /ssl dir.
- **hsts** (*Optional*): Value for the [`Strict-Transport-Security`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security) HTTP header to send. If empty or `null`, the header is not sent.
- **customize** (*Optional*): If true, additional NGINX configuration files for the default server and additional servers are read from files in the /share dir specified by the `default` and `servers` variables.

<p class='note'>
It is possible to deactivate port 80 if you need this for things like `emulate_hue`. Remove the host port from Network option of this add-on.
</p>
