GitHub - b-admike/loopback-example-ssl: An example to demonstrate how to set up SSL for LoopBack applications

An example to demonstrate how to set up SSL for LoopBack applications so you can call the REST APIs using HTTPS.

Generate your own SSL certificate

  $ cd loopback-example-ssl/server/private
  $ openssl genrsa -out privatekey.pem 1024
  $ openssl req -new -key privatekey.pem -out certrequest.csr
  $ openssl x509 -req -in certrequest.csr -signkey privatekey.pem -out certificate.pem

Load the SSL certificate

In ssl-config.js:

var path = require('path'),
fs = require("fs");
exports.privateKey = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, './private/privatekey.pem')).toString();
exports.certificate = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, './private/certificate.pem')).toString();

Create the HTTPS server

The code is in server/server.js:

var https = require('https');
var sslConfig = require('./ssl-config');

...

var options = {
  key: sslConfig.privateKey,
  cert: sslConfig.certificate
};
...

server.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
    var baseUrl = (httpOnly? 'http://' : 'https://') + app.get('host') + ':' + app.get('port');
    app.emit('started', baseUrl);
    console.log('LoopBack server listening @ %s%s', baseUrl, '/');
});
return server;

Start the application

  $  node ./server/server.js

Open the API explorer

https://localhost:3000/explorer

References

http://nodejs.org/api/https.html

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