Question

I have a simple application that I run using node.js. Below is my server.js:

var myApp = require('./lib/myapp')
new myApp({
port: 8000
 });

I can access the application at http://myserver.com:8000

I would like to set it up, so I can access it using https://myserver.com

I have tried various methods answered in questions asked here, but I am unable to get it working. I think the way application is being initialized is the reason, but I am not sure about that.

I know I can put it behind Apache, but I would like to do it using node.

If anyone can modify this server.js for me, that would be a great help!

Thanks

Noman A.

Answer 1

Thanks everyone for their contribution to this question. I really appreciate all the pointers!

Special mention to JohnnyHK, whose suggestion got me on track. I was able to resolve my issue using node-http-proxy. Simple and effective! Below is how my server.js looks like now:

var MyApp = require('./lib/app');
var fs = require('fs'),
    http = require('http'),
    https = require('https'),
    httpProxy = require('http-proxy');

var options = {
  https: {
    key: fs.readFileSync('certs/server.key', 'utf8'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('certs/server.crt', 'utf8'),
    ca: fs.readFileSync('certs/ca.crt', 'utf8')
  },
  target: {
    https: true // This could also be an Object with key and cert properties
  }
};

var app = new MyApp({
    port: 8080
  });  

var proxy = new httpProxy.HttpProxy({
  target: {
    host: 'localhost', 
    port: 8080
  }
});
https.createServer(options.https, function (req, res) {
  proxy.proxyRequest(req, res)
}).listen(443);

Thanks to everyone one again!

-Noman A.