NGINX Configuration for Magento@2.1.8 SITE with SSL, http->https redirection

nginx.magento2.conf

# Based in:
# https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/magento-2-with-redis-varnish-and-nginx-as-ssl-termination/

upstream fastcgi_backend {
  server unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name www.yoursite.com;
    location / {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
}

server {

    listen 443 http2 ssl;
    server_name www.yoursite.com;
    set $MAGE_ROOT /var/www/magento;
    set $MAGE_MODE production;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/path/to/certificate.cer;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/path/to/certificate.key;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/yoursite-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/yoursite-error.log;

    include /var/www/magento/nginx.conf.sample;
}

Only replace:

• cert paths
• www.yoursite.com for your own domain
• Create and check the logs path
• Ensure that the nginx.conf.sample it's included with your distro

Tested on AWS EC2 Ubuntu 16.04