Question
LetsEncrypted Node.js HTTPS Server inaccessible from browser. Why it won't load?
I secured NGINX with SSL following this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04
I explicitly chose to redirect all requests to HTTPS.
Now, when visiting my webpage www.example.com, it correctly redirects me to https://www.example.com and shows the default NGINX text.
I want Express to run there, so I made this tiny script to test things out:
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');
var options = {
key: fs.readFileSync('/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/cert.pem'),
ca: fs.readFileSync('/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/chain.pem')
};
https.createServer(options, function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end("hello world\n");
}).listen(8000);
The page will not load at all. What am I doing wrong?
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