NodeJS & SSL - “bad password read”

Question

Node is failing to create a secure context for SSL communications.

Specifically, I\'m trying to get remote notifications to work on iOS. I use a module, called node-

Answer 1

This is because you've specified a passphrase when generating the cert. This is a password that must be supplied by anyone wanting to use it.

Adding a passphrase field to the credentials solves the problem.

var credentials = {
    key: fs.readFileSync('XXX.key', 'utf8'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('XXX.crt', 'utf8'),
    passphrase: 'XXXX'
}

var httpsServer = https.createServer(credentials, app);

Answer 2

The following command will generate an unencrypted key, so you won't need to provide a passphrase:

openssl rsa -in yourKey.key -out newKey.key

This command will prompt you for the passphrase.

Answer 3

Use these to generate pem.

openssl genrsa -out server-key.pem 1024 openssl req -new -key server-key.pem -out server-csr.pem openssl x509 -req -in server-csr.pem -signkey server-key.pem -out server-cert.pem