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How to generate an SSL certificate:

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openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
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you need to enter a password here which you need to retype in the following steps

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openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
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when asked “Common Name” type in: localhost

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openssl x509 -req -days 1024 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
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const httpsOptions = {\n  key: fs.readFileSync('./server.key'),\n  cert: fs.readFileSync('./server.crt'),\n  passphrase: 'passpharase'\n};\n\nconst httpsPort = 8086;\n\nconst server = https.createServer(httpsOptions, app).listen(httpsPort, () => {\n  console.log('server running at ' + httpsPort);\n});
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