I'm trying to get SSL https working on my nodejs server but the browser returns a ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
code:
var express = require('express'); var https = require('https'); var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); var options = { key: fs.readFileSync('key.pem'), cert: fs.readFileSync('cert.pem') } http.createServer(app).listen(80); https.createServer(options, app).listen(443); 1 Answer
This will happen if your key isn't generated correctly.
A lot of places will tell you to do this:
openssl genrsa -out key.pem That will not work if you're on a Mac, and instead you need to do this to make the key length 2048:
openssl genrsa -out key.pem 2048 In summary, do these steps to make a correct key on Mac:
openssl genrsa -out key.pem 2048 openssl req -new -key key.pem -out client.csr openssl x509 -req -in client.csr -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem 
