Angular + Node(Express) + SSL integration

Question

This is my first time deploying ssl. I have express node js module running at localhost:4000. I have generated the self-signed certificate and installed in the server and it is working. Now, I have my angularjs frontend running at localhost:3000(I am using http-server to run the angular code).

To make my point more clearer, here's is the code on the server side:-

// Import node js modules
var https = require('https')
var fs = require('fs')
var express = require('express')

// Load App configuration
var config = require('./config/config')

// Database Integration Here(mongodb)

// Initialize the express app
var app = express()

// App express Configuration

// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json())

// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true}))

app.use(cors())

app.set('serverHost', config.server.host)
app.set('serverPort', config.server.port)
app.set('serverUrl', config.server.url)

// Initializing various app modules

// Initialize the components

//Initialize the route(controller)

// Start the app with a given port no and mode
var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'

var httpsOptions = {
  key: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/cert/server.key'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/cert/server.crt')
}

https.createServer(httpsOptions, app).listen(app.get('serverPort'), function () {
  // Server and mode info
  console.log('The homerungurus backend running on server: '
              + app.get('serverHost')
              + ' and the port is: '
              + app.get('serverPort'))

  console.log("The mode is: " + env)
})

As you can see I have installed the certs in the server. I don't need a http-proxy because i will deploy the angular webserver on the standard port 443.

I am not able to understand few things:-

How to enable and set ssl certificate in my angular module so that express and angular can communicate over ssl.
How will I display the cert of my backend express node to the browser?

I hope I have made my point more clearer.

Any help is appreciated?

Angular + Node(Express) + SSL integration

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