NodeJS & SSL - “bad password read”

Question

Node is failing to create a secure context for SSL communications.

Specifically, I\'m trying to get remote notifications to work on iOS. I use a module, called node-

Answer 1

This is because you've specified a passphrase when generating the cert. This is a password that must be supplied by anyone wanting to use it.

Adding a passphrase field to the credentials solves the problem.

var credentials = {
    key: fs.readFileSync('XXX.key', 'utf8'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('XXX.crt', 'utf8'),
    passphrase: 'XXXX'
}

var httpsServer = https.createServer(credentials, app);