Webpack Dev Server running on HTTPS/Web Sockets Secure

Question

Normally in developer mode Webpack runs using HTTP. There is usually a web server serving content through HTTP and webpack using http/websockets on a separate port.

Answer 1

this for TEST environment only:

you need to configure your webpack-dev-server as follows:

webpack-dev-server --https --cert ./cert.pem --key ./key.pem

The easiest work around is to generate a key with no passphrase (I don't know the security consequences of this! but this is for test only) .

To take the passphrase out of your key use this command:

$ openssl rsa -in key.pem -out newKey.pem

and use the new key in the previews configuration line