How can I pass SSL options into “rails server” in Rails 3.0?

Question

Is there a way to pass SSL options into \"rails server\" (on Rails 3.0.0), using a custom Rack config or something similar? I\'m trying to do two things:

1. enab

Answer 1

Take a look at the Thin server in place of WEBrick. There are so many benefits of using Thin that I can't list them all here, but it should address your issue since it supports SSL.

When starting thin, pass the following options:

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

In production, you will ideally want to handle SSL at the Nginx or Apache layer, but this should handle your development requirements.