/ssl-secured

Demo about generating and using a SSL/TLS certificate on a nodejs express server.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

How to use SSL/TLS certificates in NodeJS express applications

This repo demonstrates how to use a ssl/tls certificate to be used in a nodejs express application for development purposes.

To start setting up the project

Step 1: Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/trulymittal/ssl-secured.git

Step 2: cd into the cloned repo and run:

npm install

Step 3(optional): Incase nodemon NOT installed globally on system.

npm install -g nodemon

Step 4: Switch to cert/ directory

cd cert/

Step 5. Generate SSL/TLS certificates (valid for 365 days)

openssl genrsa -out key.pem

openssl req -new -key key.pem -out csr.pem

openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in csr.pem -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem

Author

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.