Running SSL node.js server with godaddy gd_bundle.crt

Question

I am having trouble getting my SSL server working with the certificate\'s from godaddy

Using Express: 3.1.0

Below this works with a key/crt that was

Answer 1

Simpler

Why be so specific just for GoDaddy's CA bundle when you can keep the same approach for different environments? I only need two files for dev env for example but production is using GoDaddy certs and has many so what to do?

For GoDaddy, I take their bundle and append it into a single file and name the extension as PEM as well as the key file which gives a pretty standard approach for all types of certs.

Then you end up just doing this for all environments:

server = https.createServer({           
    key: fs.readFileSync(config.sslKey),
    cert: fs.readFileSync(config.sslCert),
},app).listen(config.sslPort);

In your GoDaddy cert.pem file you just place your certificate and your bundle files from 1 to x (top to bottom) and you're done like so:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
site certificate goes here
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
CA 1 goes here
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
CA 2 goes here
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
CA X goes here
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Not necessarily better but I prefer it. I didn't encounter on Express 3.x that I had to do the CA array route but I could be wrong for the specific version.