How to create http and https server in nodejs?

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This is the code I used to connect http server.

var app = require('http').createServer(require('express')),
io = require('socket.io').listen(app),
util = require('util'),
connectionsArray = [], // maintain active connected client details
connectionStatistics = {'summary': {'instance_count': 0, 'user_count': 0, 'customer_count': 0}, 'customers': {}}, // for debugging purpose

server_port = 3000, // port on which nodejs engine to run
POLLING_INTERVAL = 10 * 1000, // 10 sec
pollingTimer = [], // timeouts for connected sockets
fs = require('fs'), // lib for file related operations
log_file = {
    'error': fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/debug.log', {flags: 'a'}), // file to log error messages
    'info': fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/info.log', {flags: 'a'}) // file to log info messages
};




var server = app.listen(server_port, function () {
    var host = server.address().address;
    var port = server.address().port;
    console.log('Please use your browser to navigate to http://%s:%s', host, port);
});

I want to include https connection in the above code. I tried to connect https using SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile.

But it didn't work for me.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '20 at 09:40

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install https module ( yarn add https / npm i https )
change options (ssl file path) as below :

    const options = {

            key: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/private.key'),
            cert: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/certificate.crt'),
            ca:fs.readFileSync('./ssl/ca_bundle.crt')
    }
    https.createServer(options, app).listen(port);

answered Jan 03 '20 at 09:40

wu kuoming

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can I use same port for both http and https connection? – Shamnad Jan 03 '20 at 09:45
No , You should use another the port number for https service , but you can write code redirect http to https – wu kuoming Jan 03 '20 at 09:50
How to redirect? – Shamnad Jan 03 '20 at 09:53
you can refer [link] (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7450940/automatic-https-connection-redirect-with-node-js-express) – wu kuoming Jan 03 '20 at 09:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '20 at 09:57

Try this snippet using express and https module instead of http

let fs = require('fs');

let https = require('https');

let express = require('express');

let app = express();

let options = { key: fs.readFileSync('./file.pem'), cert: fs.readFileSync('./file.crt') };

let serverPort = 3000;

let server = https.createServer(options, app);

let io = require('socket.io')(server);

io.on('connection', function(socket) { console.log('new connection'); });

server.listen(serverPort, function() { console.log('server up and running at %s port', serverPort); });

How to create http and https server in nodejs?

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