Testing HTTPS on Sinatra locally

Question

I need to test how some elements on my page behave when I access it over HTTPS - I was wondering how I could test this sinatra app locally with HTTPS. I apologize if my question doesn't even make sense, but I would like to connect to localhost through my web browser over HTTPS.

What web server are you running Sinatra through? – Larsenal Jun 25 '12 at 17:28 — Larsenal, Jun 25 '12 at 17:28
@Larsenal thin. So maybe this is a thin question? – Jordan Scales Jun 25 '12 at 19:33 — Jordan Scales, Jun 25 '12 at 19:33

Larsenal · Answer 1 · 2012-06-25T21:42:30.860

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Short answer: You can create a self-signed certificate for local development. Heroku has a brief article on how to create a self-signed SSL cert.

Once you've created your cert and key, it's pretty simple with Thin:

SSL options:
    --ssl                        Enables SSL
    --ssl-key-file PATH          Path to private key
    --ssl-cert-file PATH         Path to certificate
    --ssl-verify                 Enables SSL certificate verification

edited Jun 25 '12 at 21:42

answered Jun 25 '12 at 17:28

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`bundle exec thin start -p 3001 -R config.ru --ssl --ssl-key-file ~/.ssl/server.key --ssl-cert-file ~/.ssl/server.crt` worked for me – eebbesen Apr 06 '17 at 15:37

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