Nginx (and Apache, etc) is not just a web server; it is also a reverse proxy, a TLS termination proxy, a load balancer, etc. The key service here is "TLS termi

Nginx (and Apache, etc) is not just a web server; it is also a reverse proxy, a TLS termination proxy, a load balancer, etc. The key service here is "TLS termination proxy", so being able to issue certificates automatically was pretty high on the wish list.