Testing HTTPS locally with Coldfusion

Question

I would like to test https related development on my local machine before pushing it to staging and production.

The current url is: http://localhost:8500/mysite/index.cfm which works fine

If I try and modify it to https, the page just loads and loads and nothing happens (in chrome it gets to the "This webpage is not available" page)

I have googled for information relating to this, but have not found anything helpful. The only information I have found was related to older versions of CF. From that I have created a my.keystore file, but am not sure what to do with it in CF9.

If any information could be provided that would assist me in setting this up / getting it working and testing, I would be extremely grateful . Thanks

Phillane

Answer 1

Install IIS / Apache, hook ColdFusion into the webserver, then install the SSL certificate locally.

Personally I think it's best to replicate production as close as possible in development so I am not a fan of using the inbuilt server and always use a webserver.

Perseus

Answer 2

If you want to enable SSL on the built in JRUN webserver follow the steps described here: Enabling SSL on the ColdFusion 8 built-in web server. Make sure to read the comments section especially what it says about the JVM arguments. Same procedure should work for ColdFusion 9.

Personally I second Paul's answer and would recommend using IIS or Apache, even in a development environment.

Necessarily

Thanks - as per your comment I voted you up, but gave him the answer. Cheers for the help. – Phillane

Answer 3

Use IIS7 and use the Self-Signed Certificates property. You can refer to the URL below to do the self Certificates.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/04/06/tip-trick-enabling-ssl-on-iis7-using-self-signed-certificates.aspx

Arun