NodeJS & SSL – “bad password read”
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);