How do you handle SSL in development?

Question

I have an application that uses HTTPS for some of its routes in conjunction with the ssl_requirement plugin. It\'s deployed and is working fine in production.

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Answer 1

As your rails apps get more complicated and you want to use advanced features like SSL your best bet is to switch to a development environment which more closely matches your production environment. This will allow you to create your own SSL certs and test in a way which will mirror the way your users will use your application.

I suggest moving to the same webserver as you use in production, which you've mentioned is apache/passenger.

In a related question... how do you manage your test environment with ssl? For this I'm currently hacking up my routes as you're doing. Is there a better way?