How do I setup a SSL certificate for an express js server

Question

Before  in an older version of express  I could do this   express createServer  key  keyFile   cert  certFile       However  in newer versions of express this no longer works   var app   express      Should I call app use   to set the certs  If so how

User · Accepted Answer

See the Express docs as well as the Node docs for https.createServer (which is what express recommends to use):

var privateKey = fs.readFileSync( 'privatekey.pem' );
var certificate = fs.readFileSync( 'certificate.pem' );

https.createServer({
    key: privateKey,
    cert: certificate
}, app).listen(port);

Other options for createServer are at: http://nodejs.org/api/tls.html#tls_tls_createserver_options_secureconnectionlistener

User · Answer

This is my working code for express 4 0   express 4 0 is very different from 3 0 and others    4 0 you have  bin www file  which you are going to add https here    npm start  is standard way you start express 4 0 server   readFileSync   function should use   dirname get current directory  while require   use    refer to current directory   First you put private key and public cert file under  bin folder   It is same folder as WWW file   no such directory found error     key  fs readFileSync     private key       cert  fs readFileSync     public cert     error  no such directory found    key  fs readFileSync    private key       cert  fs readFileSync    public cert     Working code should be          key  fs readFileSync   dirname     private key    utf8     cert  fs readFileSync   dirname     public cert    utf8     Complete https code is   const https   require  https    const fs   require  fs        readFileSync function must use   dirname get current directory    require use    refer to current directory   const options        key  fs readFileSync   dirname     private key    utf8      cert  fs readFileSync   dirname     public cert    utf8            Create HTTPs server    var server   https createServer options  app

User · Answer

I was able to get SSL working with the following boilerplate code   var fs   require  fs        http   require  http        https   require  https        express   require  express     var port   8000   var options         key  fs readFileSync    ssl privatekey pem        cert  fs readFileSync    ssl certificate pem        var app   express     var server   https createServer options  app  listen port  function      console log  Express server listening on port     port        app get      function  req  res        res writeHead 200       res end  hello world n

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