A very simple HTTPS server that fetches static files for Node 0.4+

simple_secure_server_2.js

// Note the following code works for Node 0.4+

// To run: $ node simple_secure_server.js
// http://nodejs.org/#download

// based on: http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2010/06/03/node-js-https-ssl-server-example/
// based on: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/learning-serverside-javascript-with-node-js/
// based on: http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.6.3/api/https.html#https.Server

var domainname = "127.0.0.1"; // array of domain names, in host file all have to point to 127.0.0.1
var port = 8000; // can be on any port, but 443 is the default when no port names specified in browsers

const fs = require("fs"),
	  url = require("url"),
	  path = require("path"),
	  sys = require("util"),
	  https = require('https'),
	  tls = require('tls');

/*
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
*/
var options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('privatekey.pem').toString(),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('certificate.pem').toString()
};


// Request Handler
var handler = function (request, response) {

	console.log('======================================================='); 
	console.log("Incoming request");

    var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
    var filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
	
	console.log("url: " + request.url);
	console.log("uri: " + uri);
	console.log("filename: " + filename);
	
    path.exists(filename, function(exists) {
    	if(!exists) {
    		response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
    		response.write("404 Not Found\n");
    		response.end();
			
			console.log("Error: 404 Not Found");
			console.log('======================================================='); 
    		return;
    	}

    	fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
    		if(err) {
    			response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
    			response.write(err + "\n");
    			response.end();
    			return;
    		}

    		response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    		response.write(file, "binary");
    		response.end();
    	});
		console.log("Success: Sent");
		console.log('======================================================='); 
    });

};

// loading server
var server = https.createServer(options);
server.on("request", handler);
server.listen(port, domainname);

// Log to confirm server is running
console.log("Current Working Directory: " + process.cwd());
console.log('Servers running at:'); 
console.log('\thttps://'+domainname+':'+port+'/');