loopback-example-ssl

An example to demonstrate how to set up SSL for LoopBack applications so that the REST APIs can be called using https.

Generate your own SSL certificate

  cd 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

It's done 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 app.js.

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

    ...

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

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

Start the application

node app

Open the API explorer

https://localhost:3000/explorer

References

1. [http://nodejs.org/api/https.html][http://nodejs.org/api/https.html)