How to generate and use a SSL certificate in NodeJS

SSL COMMANDS (using gitbash only)

Install Openssl latest version before executing commands

CREATE CERT FOLDER FOR YOUR KEYS

    mkdir cert

GO TO THE DIRECTORY YOU CREATED

    cd cert

GENERATE PRIVATE KEY

    openssl genrsa -out key.pem

GENERATE CSR (CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST)

    openssl req -new -key key.pem -out csr.pem

GENERATE SSL CERTIFICATION FROM CSR

    openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in csr.pem -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem

FINISH STRUCTURE OF CERT FOLDER SHOULD LOOK LIKE

    -cert
        -cert.pem
        -csr.pem
        -key.pem
        
    -node_modules
    -routes
    -etc ...