https-pem
v3.0.0
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Self-signed PEM key and certificate ready for use in your HTTPS server
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https-pem
Self-signed PEM key and certificate ready for use in your HTTPS server.
A dead simple way to get an HTTPS server running in development with no need to generate the self signed PEM key and certificate.
Installation
npm install https-pem
Warning: Upon installation a private key and a self signed
certificate will be generated inside ./node_modules/https-pem
. The
certificate is valid for 365 days and no attempt have been made to make
this secure in any way. I suggest only using this for testing and
development where you just need an easy and quick way to run an HTTPS
server with Node.js.
Example Usage
var https = require('https')
var pem = require('https-pem')
var server = https.createServer(pem, function (req, res) {
res.end('This is servered over HTTPS')
})
server.listen(443, function () {
console.log('The server is running on https://localhost')
})
Connecting
When connecting to an HTTPS server from Node.js that uses a self-signed
certificate, https.request
will normally emit an error
and refuse to
complete the reuqest. To get around that simply set the
rejectUnauthorized
option to false
:
var opts = { rejectUnauthorized: false }
var req = https.request(opts, function (res) {
// ...
})
req.end()
If using curl
to connect to a Node.js HTTPS server using a
self-signed certificate, use the -k
option:
curl -k https://localhost:443
API
The https-pem
module simply exposes an object with two properties:
key
and cert
.
pem.key
The private key (RSA).
pem.cert
The certificate.
License
MIT