Where and how to convert to https

[Bill Harten]

Where and how do I adapt the seed app to use https instead of http? I've configured connect to use https but I don't know where or how to say it with cujo.

Thanks.

[Bill Harten]

Ok, I changed serv.js as shown and it works via brute force, but is this the recommended approach? Isn't everything supposed to be configured somewhere else?

...

var https = require('https');

var fs = require('fs');

...

  var options = {

    key: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/privatekey.pem'),

    cert: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/certificate.pem')

  };

  app = express.createServer(options);

[Brian Cavalier]

Hi Bill,

cujojs/seed is currently targetted primarily at client side projects.  So, serv is included as a quick and easy development-time server to facilitate quick run-fix-run cycles while coding.  For more robust serving with more features, and for production deployment, we recommend using a server that fits your needs.

That said, we can see if Scott Andrews (serv's author, CC'd) has any thoughts about https.

[Scott Andrews]

serv was designed as a quick and dirty static http server for development time.  If you need to do SSL termination within the application, instead of at fronting webserver, you can replace serv with a custom express configuration.

serv itself is just a thin wrapper around express:

https://github.com/scothis/serv/blob/master/serv.js#L15-19

-Scott