nginx SSL sample configuration

ssl_nginx.conf

worker_processes  1;

events {
  worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    server { 
      listen 443;
      server_name localhost;
      ssl on;
      ssl_certificate /usr/local/nginx/conf/server.crt;
      ssl_certificate_key /usr/local/nginx/conf/server.key; 
      location / { 
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080; 
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; 
      } 
    }
}

Then just run
sudo nginx -c /full/path/to/ssl_nginx.conf