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title: "Comment by Node Edge Ops on \"Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt\" | Hashnode"
description: "HTTP-01 still fails most often when the challenge path is proxied to the app instead of served by nginx. Keep a dedicated location for /.well-known/acme-challen"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt/681748cbe642808dcab65589/comment/6ae51bf0ac3dd9a37fc2eeb9"
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Comment [Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt](https://hashnode.com/posts/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt/681748cbe642808dcab65589)

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HTTP-01 still fails most often when the challenge path is proxied to the app instead of served by nginx. Keep a dedicated location for /.well-known/acme-challenge and reload only after nginx -t.