Enabling Redirect non-https traffic to https loop nginx

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I just used certbot to install let’s encrypt on a ubuntu 16.04 server and Nginx. The install went fine and I was able to vertify the install using ssl labs website. When I edit the nginx conf file etc/nginx/sites-available/mysite and uncomment the redirect added by certboot in the botton of the file `

# Redirect non-https traffic to https
# if ($scheme != "https") {
#   return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
# } # managed by Certbot

` the site starts redirection to itself in a loop.

My server block looks like this (server name changed):

`server {
listen 80;
#listen [::]:80; # Uncomment this line if you also want to enable IPv6 support
server_name example.com www.example.com *.example.com;

root /var/www/example;
access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
server_tokens off;

 index index.php; # Letting nginx know which files to try when requesting a folder
#index /example/index.php; # Letting nginx know which files to try when requesting a folder


location = /favicon.ico {
    log_not_found off;      # 
    access_log off;         # Disable logging to prevent excessive log sizes

#################

} `

The redirect made by certbot is in the botton of the conf file, not insied the server block at thoe top of the file.

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SOLVED. certbot placed the new redirect directived in the botton of my conf file. When I moved the new redirect directive and other certbot stuff into the server block at the top of the file, everything works smooth.

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