Once you have node.js installed on your system, just follow the procedure below to get a basic web server running with support for both HTTP and HTTPS!

Step 1 : Build a Certificate Authority

1. create the folder where you want to store your key & certificate :

mkdir conf

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1. go to that directory :

cd conf

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1. grab this ca.cnf file to use as a configuration shortcut :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anders94/https-authorized-clients/master/keys/ca.cnf

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1. create a new certificate authority using this configuration :

openssl req -new -x509 -days 9999 -config ca.cnf -keyout ca-key.pem -out ca-cert.pem

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1. now that we have our certificate authority in ca-key.pem and ca-cert.pem, let’s generate a private key for the server :

openssl genrsa -out key.pem 4096

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1. grab this server.cnf file to use as a configuration shortcut :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anders94/https-authorized-clients/master/keys/server.cnf

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1. generate the certificate signing request using this configuration :

openssl req -new -config server.cnf -key key.pem -out csr.pem

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1. sign the request :

openssl x509 -req -extfile server.cnf -days 999 -passin "pass:password" -in csr.pem -CA ca-cert.pem -CAkey ca-key.pem -CAcreateserial -out cert.pem

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Step 2 : Install your certificate as a root certificate

1. copy your certificate to your root certificates’ folder :

sudo cp ca-crt.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca-crt.pem

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1. update CA store :

sudo update-ca-certificates

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