Quikly setup a local HTTPS server for dev/test purpose

HowToSetupASimpleHttpsServer.md

1- Generate a self-signed SSL certificate using openssl

1.1- Generate a key file

> openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024

1.2- Create a certificate request (CSR) with that key

> openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem

1.3- Create the self-signed certificate, based on the CSR

> openssl req -x509 -days 30 -key key.pem -in request.pem -out certificate.pem

2- Run the attached python script :

> python SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py

see original source for more details

SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py

'''
SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py - simple HTTP server supporting SSL.

- replace fpem and cpem with the location of your .pem server file.
- the default port is 8443.

usage: python SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py
source: http://dennis.dieploegers.de/doku.php/my2cents/creating_a_ssl_http_server_in_python
'''
import socket, os
from SocketServer import BaseServer
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
import ssl


class SecureHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
    def __init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass):
        BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass)
        fpem = 'key.pem'
        cpem = 'certificate.pem'
	self.socket = ssl.SSLSocket(
		socket.socket(self.address_family,self.socket_type),
		keyfile = fpem,
		certfile = cpem
	)

        self.server_bind()
        self.server_activate()


class SecureHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def setup(self):
        self.connection = self.request
        self.rfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "rb", self.rbufsize)
        self.wfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "wb", self.wbufsize)


def test(HandlerClass = SecureHTTPRequestHandler,
         ServerClass = SecureHTTPServer):
    server_address = ('', 8443) # (address, port)
    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
    sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
    print "Serving HTTPS on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
    httpd.serve_forever()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    test()