# Can I use kong for proxying https request to my upstream if the certificate is locate in the upstream wich is an nginx image that handle certificate with certbot?

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**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/can-i-use-kong-for-proxying-https-request-to-my-upstream-if-the-certificate-is-locate-in-the-upstream-wich-is-an-nginx-image-that-handle-certificate-with-certbot/7817 "2021-01-30T15:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![douglas2428](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/douglas2428/32/2520_2.png) [@douglas2428](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/douglas2428)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/can-i-use-kong-for-proxying-https-request-to-my-upstream-if-the-certificate-is-locate-in-the-upstream-wich-is-an-nginx-image-that-handle-certificate-with-certbot/7817/1 "2021-01-30T15:13:15Z")

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Hi, I am new using kong. I have the follow integration kong-\>my\_api, kong-\>my\_website the api is working well and also the web site through protocol http, but now I am settings https by using certbot in the nginx of my\_website, the certificate it’s already configure. But when I request my site from https browser is telling me error about Self-signed certificate. When I let my\_website without using kong and just by the nginx the request is successfull acomplishes. Apologies in advance, if you require more context. There is a way to tell kong that ignore validate https certificate an passthrought the request to the upstream service in order that the nginx in my\_website image validate the certificate?

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**Author:** ![douglas2428](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/douglas2428/32/2520_2.png) [@douglas2428](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/douglas2428)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/can-i-use-kong-for-proxying-https-request-to-my-upstream-if-the-certificate-is-locate-in-the-upstream-wich-is-an-nginx-image-that-handle-certificate-with-certbot/7817/2 "2021-01-30T21:56:22Z")

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I changed the strategy by handlelling the ssl request from kong using plugins [ACME plugin | Kong](https://docs.konghq.com/hub/kong-inc/acme/) and it works 🙂