tornado_ssl.py

# Define web app
# (The only routes that contain "." should be static files, the "." is neccessary for the extension
# dont make new, non-static routes containing "." or else the static file handler will attempt to handle the request)
application = tornado.web.Application([
    (r"/", StatusHandler),
], **settings)
application.listen(80)

http_server = tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(
    application, 
    ssl_options = {
        "certfile": os.path.join("../certs/", "ssl_app_cert.crt"),
        "keyfile": os.path.join("../certs/", "ssl_app_key.key")'
    })
# Start web app  
http_server.listen(443)
tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()