SSL Redirect option is not working on Nginx

[jonyoi]

I am using LEMP stack with Virtual which I installed using "--bundle LEMP" while installing virtualmin on a debian9 OS.

When I below settings, The https redirect is not working on any of the domains.

System Settings --> Virtualmin Configurations --> SSL Settings --> Redirect all http to https by default --> yes

However I am able to do the redirect by adding below code in domain.com.conf

server {
server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
listen ipaddress:80;
rewrite ^/(.*) https://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}

But I wonder why the inbuilt feature that ships with virtualmin is not working?

Please note I am using Lets' Encrypt SSL.

on other note I wonder what type of Redirect Virtualmin does if that feature is to work? Is it also 301 redirect?

Any help on this would be immensely helpful.

Thanks

[Real-Gecko]

If you're using this module then you should select domain and then navigate to Services -> Manage Nginx PHP-FPM website. There you'll see Enable SSL checkbox. After saving domain configuration you'll get following inside Nginx config:

server {
    server_name $d->{'dom'} www.$d->{'dom'};
    listen $d->{'ip'};
    rewrite ^ https://\$server_name\$request_uri? permanent;
}

So, yes, it is 301 redirect.
However no Let's Encrypt integration done yet. So you'll have to deal with adding SSL certs manually.

[jonyoi]

Thanks for your response, However I was unable to locate option "Manage Nginx PHP-FPM website" under services. Please check the snapshot.

http://prntscr.com/j3wh80

I did go under "Configure Nginx Website" and enabled SSL there under "SSL settings", but that didnt do the trick.

[Real-Gecko]

This means you're using stock Nginx module, that now supports PHP-FPM. I'm not using stock module, so I cannot give you any advice.

[jonyoi]

can you please tell me which Nginx module I should be using switching to, in order to make it work?

[Real-Gecko]

You can switch to this module, but as I sad earlier it does not support seamless integration with Let's Encrypt.

[jonyoi]

alright, but if I am using the redirect code in domain.com.conf as I mentioned above, its essentially doing the same thing, right? I just wanna make sure I am not missing out on any cool jazz. Below is the code again for reference.

server {
server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
listen ipaddress:80;
rewrite ^/(.*) https://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}

[Real-Gecko]

I use rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;, dunno if it makes any difference though.