This is an example showing how to create an HTTPS server in node. It also listens on HTTP and redirects users to the HTTPS page. You can test this example using self-signed certificates (follow the instructions at https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl-certificate-self to generate your own self-signed certificates). Tested and working in node…

https.coffee

# Dependencies
fs = require 'fs'
https = require 'https'
http = require 'http'

# Variables
SECURE_PORT = 8443
INSECURE_PORT = 8080
HOST = 'localhost'
MESSAGE = 'Hello, Secure World!'

# Create https server
https.createServer(
  key: fs.readFileSync 'server.key', 'utf-8'
  cert: fs.readFileSync 'server.crt', 'utf-8'
, (req, res) ->
  res.writeHead 200,
    'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
    'Content-Length': MESSAGE.length
  res.end MESSAGE
).listen SECURE_PORT, HOST

# Create http server
http.createServer((req, res) ->
  res.writeHead 301, {'Location': 'https://' + HOST + ':' + SECURE_PORT}
  res.end();
).listen INSECURE_PORT, HOST

https.js

// Dependencies
var fs = require('fs'),
    https = require('https'),
    http = require('http');

// Variables
var SECURE_PORT = 8443,
    INSECURE_PORT = 8080,
    HOST = 'localhost',
    MESSAGE = 'Hello, Secure World!';

// Create https server
https.createServer({
  key: fs.readFileSync('server.key', 'utf-8'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('server.crt', 'utf-8')
}, function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {
    'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
    'Content-Length': MESSAGE.length
  });
  res.end(MESSAGE);
}).listen(SECURE_PORT, HOST);

// Create http server
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(301, {'Location': 'https://' + HOST + ':' + SECURE_PORT});
  res.end();
}).listen(INSECURE_PORT, HOST);