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+## Production HTTPS Setup
+
+- In docker-compose.yml, uncomment production nginx and certbot services:
+```
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:latest
+    depends_on:
+      - main      
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./https/nginx/automatisch_letsencrypt_nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
+      - ./certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
+      - ./certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
+    ports:
+      - ${PORT}:${PORT}
+      - 443:443
+  
+  certbot:
+     image: certbot/certbot:latest
+     command: certonly --webroot -w /var/www/certbot --keep-until-expiring --email ${SSL_CERT_EMAIL} -d ${HOST} --agree-tos
+     volumes:
+       - ./certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
+       - ./certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
+
+```
+- Comment out local https nginx service:
+```
+  # for local https development using self-signed certs via openssl
+  # nginx:
+  #   image: nginx:latest
+  #   depends_on:
+  #     - main    
+  #   ports:
+  #     - "443:443"
+  #   volumes:
+  #     - ./https/certs/${SSL_SELF_SIGNED_CRT}:/etc/nginx/certs/${SSL_SELF_SIGNED_CRT}:ro
+  #     - ./https/certs/${SSL_SELF_SIGNED_KEY}:/etc/nginx/certs/${SSL_SELF_SIGNED_KEY}:ro
+  #     - ./https/nginx/automatisch_self_signed_nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
+```
+- Add SSL_CERT_EMAIL and HOST env vars:
+```
+sudo nano .env
+```
+```
+HOST=automatisch.lasthourhosting.org
+SSL_CERT_EMAIL=support@shilohcode.com
+```
+- Run `sudo docker compose up` to generate SSL cert
+- There should be a new /certbot folder created at the project root, and the cert and key `.pem` files should be created at `/etc/letsencrypt/live`
+- After this completes, stop the containers `ctrl+c` and edit the `/https/nginx/automatisch_letsencrypt_nginx.conf` file to use the new SSL certs. Copy the configs in `/https/nginx/temp.conf` and overwrite `/https/nginx/automatisch_letsencrypt_nginx.conf`. It should look like this (using staging as an example):
+```
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    
+    server {
+        listen 7757;
+        server_name automatisch.lasthourhosting.org;
+
+        location ~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+            root /var/www/certbot;
+        }
+
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen 443 ssl http2;
+        # use ssl letsencrypt certs
+        ssl_certificate      /etc/letsencrypt/live/automatisch.lasthourhosting.org/fullchain.pem;
+        ssl_certificate_key  /etc/letsencrypt/live/automatisch.lasthourhosting.org/privkey.pem;
+        server_name automatisch.lasthourhosting.org;
+
+
+        location / {
+            proxy_pass http://automatisch.lasthourhosting.org:7757/;
+        }               
+
+        location ~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+            root /var/www/certbot;
+        }        
+    }    
+}
+```
+- Then rebuild the containers: `docker compose up -d`. After it is rebuilt we should be able to pull up Automatisch at (staging) `https://automatisch.lasthourhosting.org` with a valid cert