How to add SSL support for express generator - With self signed certificates for dev

1-Instructions.md

1. Generate your express app with express generator : express --git --hbs .

2. Create genSSL.sh : touch genSSL.sh

3. Launch genSSL.sh:

chmod +x genSSL.sh
./genSSL.sh

4. Edit bin/www file with www file given in this gist.

5. Thanks : https://matoski.com/article/node-express-generate-ssl/

genSSL.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd bin
mkdir ssl
cd ssl
openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 1024
openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ca.csr -out ca.crt -signkey ca.key
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
cp server.key server.key.passphrase
openssl rsa -in server.key.passphrase -out server.key
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

www

#!/usr/bin/env node

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var app = require('../app');
var debug = require('debug')('test:server');
var http = require('http');
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require("path");

/**
 * Get port from environment and store in Express.
 */

var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
app.set('port', port);

/**
 * Create HTTP server.
 */

var server = http.createServer(app);

var options = {
    key: fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'ssl', 'server.key')),
    cert: fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'ssl', 'server.crt')),
    ca: fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'ssl', 'ca.crt')),
    requestCert: true,
    rejectUnauthorized: false
}
var secureServer = https.createServer(options, app)


/**
 * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
 */

server.listen(port);
secureServer.listen(port +1);
server.on('error', onError);
server.on('listening', onListening);

/**
 * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
 */

function normalizePort(val) {
  var port = parseInt(val, 10);

  if (isNaN(port)) {
    // named pipe
    return val;
  }

  if (port >= 0) {
    // port number
    return port;
  }

  return false;
}

/**
 * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
 */

function onError(error) {
  if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
    throw error;
  }

  var bind = typeof port === 'string'
    ? 'Pipe ' + port
    : 'Port ' + port;

  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
  switch (error.code) {
    case 'EACCES':
      console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
      process.exit(1);
      break;
    case 'EADDRINUSE':
      console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
      process.exit(1);
      break;
    default:
      throw error;
  }
}

/**
 * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
 */

function onListening() {
  var addr = server.address();
  var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
    ? 'pipe ' + addr
    : 'port ' + addr.port;
  debug('Listening on ' + bind);
}