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Posted by Thomas Euget
Thomas Euget
10,615 Points

HTTPS server with node

How do you create an https server with node? I was going through the documentation, unfortunately it's not working. thanks Thomas

// curl -k https://localhost:8000/ var https = require('https'); var fs = require('fs');

var options = { key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'), cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.pem') };

https.createServer(options, function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200); res.end("hello world\n"); }).listen(8000);

2 Answers

Thomas Euget
Thomas Euget
10,615 Points
Thomas Euget
Thomas Euget
10,615 Points

how do i generate those files then?

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,604 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,604 Points

Hey Thomas,

I guess one of the errors you're getting looks like this: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'

Right? If so, the problem is that you're passing the options object as a parameter with two files that don't exist. Those two files (here: agent2-cert.pem and agent2-key.pem) should be your SSL certificate and your SSL key which you need in order to create a HTTPS server.

I hope that helps you to find a solution!