https-pem

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.

WARNING

THIS MODULE CONTAINS THE PRIVATE KEY!

It is only ment as a debugging tool when you want to run an HTTPS server locally but can't be bothered generating your own keys!

Never use this if you want to keep a secret!

Installation

npm install https-pem

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:4443

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