Use Npm Http-Server Create a Https Server

use http-server set a https site locally and easily

First, make sure that you have key.pem and cert.pem files. You can generate them using this command:

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openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem

This generates a cert-key pair and it will be valid for roughly 10 years (3650 days to be exact).

Then you need to run the server with -S for enabling SSL and -C for your certificate file:

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$ http-server -S -C cert.pem -o
Starting up http-server, serving ./ through https
Available on:
  https:127.0.0.1:8080
  https:192.168.1.101:8080
  https:192.168.1.104:8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server