How to run Nuxt2 with HTTPS in Windows

Using Nuxt2 and version 3 of Nuxt with Storyblok would require HTTPS for development.

To serve Nuxt2 with HTTPS, follow the steps below.

• Navigate to your project's main directory
• Create a public and private key as shown in the code block below

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        openssl genrsa 2048 > server.key
  chmod 400 server.key
  openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 365 -key server.key -out server.crt
      

• Add your server requirements to your nuxt.config.js file

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        import path from 'path'
  import fs from 'fs'
      

• Add your server configuration to your nuxt.config.js file

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         server: {
      https: {
        key: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'server.key')),
        cert: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'server.crt'))
      }
    }