Guide: How to make node js application which is http work on a https front end

what I used:

1. vps with cpanel for front end.

2. amazon ec2 linux for back end node js app

3. follow this guide to install node js on ec2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHAQ3TzUTro

problem: node js app does not output anything on a https front end.

solution: install nginx server and use that to convert your http backend to a https subdomain so it can be displayed by the https front end.

example: Point your subdomain to the ip of your ec2 instance ex: api.mywebsite.com => 11.22.33.44

in this example a nodeJS app hosted on a ec2 instance on port 8080 with IP http://11.22.33.44:8080

currently the clock doesn't display anything on https://mywebsite.com. but it should work on http://mywebsite.com

get autossl certificates from cpanel for https://mywebsite.com. and https://api.mywebsite.com.

copy and paste the certificate block of text into a notepad

copy and paste the private key block of text into a notepad

Follow this guide to install nginx and redirect your node js app at http://11.22.33.44:8080 TO http://11.22.33.44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBARqreeao

now connect to your ec2 instance with ssh.

sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl

sudo chmod 700 /etc/nginx/ssl

this creates a folder to put your server.crt and server.key in.

sudo vim /etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt

copy your autossl certificate of api.mywebsite.com and save

sudo vim /etc/nginx/ssl/server.key

copy your autossl private key of api.mywebsite.com and save

sudo vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

now go back to your configuration file from the previous video and change the locations of your ssl certificate and ssl key

the bottom of your .conf file should look like this.

sudo nginx -s reload

now reload your server and https://api.mywebsite.com should load whatever is on http://11.22.33.44:8080 with a "connection is secure" tag. and your https front end https://mywebsite.com should display what is on https://api.mywebsite.com