HTTPS in web.py

Attila Nagy HTTPS in web.py [reviewed] <hh/1344> (2010-08-27) Children: -

Using HTTPS in web.py is easy (provided you have your certificates).
Just import the WSGI server class from web.py at the beginning of
src/hkweb.py:

    from web.wsgiserver import CherryPyWSGIServer

Then, add this code to the beginning of hkweb.start():

    CherryPyWSGIServer.ssl_certificate = "/path/to/your.crt"
    CherryPyWSGIServer.ssl_private_key = "/path/to/your.key"

And that's all. From now on, you can access hkweb via https://localhost:8080.

If you need a certificate, use this:

    openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
    openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
    openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
    mv server.key myserver.key
    mv server.crt myserver.crt

Your browser will warn you about the certificate being invalid, but it
will work nonetheless.

The relevant Google Groups thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/webpy/browse_thread/thread/53a7cdc07af6fcc5