Express JS with GoDaddy SSL Certificates

expressjs_with_godaddy_certs.md

How to use GoDaddy SSL certs with Express JS

• Node requires each certificate in the CA chain to be passed separately in an array.
• GoDaddy provides a cerficate file (gd_bundle.crt) probably looks like this:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIE3jCCA...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEADCCA...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

• Each certificate needs to be put in its own file (ie gd1.crt and gd2.crt) and read separately.

https.createServer({
    key: fs.readFileSync('domain.key'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('domain.crt'),
    ca: [fs.readFileSync('gd1.crt'), fs.readFileSync('gd2.crt'), fs.readFileSync('gd3.crt')]
}, app).listen(app.locals.port, function() {
   console.log("Started on PORT " + app.locals.port);
});

Links

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11804202/how-do-i-setup-a-ssl-certs-for-an-express-js-server
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16224064/running-ssl-node-js-server-with-godaddy-gd-bundle-crt

thanks