{"id":1734,"date":"2017-06-02T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T11:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botreetechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2020-12-08T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T07:43:40","slug":"enable-ssl-for-rails-development-environment-two-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.botreetechnologies.com\/blog\/enable-ssl-for-rails-development-environment-two-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Enable SSL For Rails Development Environment In Two Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We recently migrated a Rails application from non SSL to SSL. Before deploying to the staging we obviously wants to test everything locally in development environment. And there is not surprise that enabling SSL in Ruby on Rails development environment<\/a> is easy. I will show you how we can enable SSL on thin<\/a> server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the four simple step to enable SSL locally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Create a self-signed Certificate<\/li>
  2. Install Thin<\/li>
  3. Configure the application for HTTPS<\/li>
  4. Boot Thin<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Create a self-signed Certificate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Create .ssl<\/b> directory in the rails app and create a certificate with name localhost in that directory. This is to make your browser believe the certificate is owned by the localhost<\/i><\/b> domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    $ mkdir .ssl<\/code><\/p>

    $ openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -sha1 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout .ssl\/localhost.key -out .ssl\/localhost.crt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    This will create localhost.crt<\/code><\/i><\/b> and localhost.key<\/code><\/i><\/b> files in the .ssl<\/code><\/b> directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Install Thin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Install thin is super easy. Add thin<\/b> and remove webrick<\/b> to your Gemfile file and bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    # add this to your gem file
    gem ‘thin’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Configure the application for HTTPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    By default the app is configured for HTTP. To serve the application configure the force_ssl<\/b> option in application.rb<\/b> which has false<\/b> as default value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can turn this feature on in specific environment (i.e. test, production, and application) by setting the value to true<\/i><\/b> in the environment file. e.g,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    # config\/environments\/production.rb<\/i>
    \nMyApp<\/b>::Application<\/b>.configure do<\/b>
    \nconfig.force_ssl<\/b> = true<\/b>
    \nend<\/b><\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Note: Restart the server to apply the change.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To apply the HTTPs across the environments, set force_ssl<\/b> to true<\/b> in application.rb<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    # config\/application.rb<\/i>
    \nmodule<\/b> MyApp
    \nclass Application <<\/b> Rails::<\/b> Application
    \nconfig.force_ssl = true<\/b>
    \nend<\/b>
    \nend<\/b><\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Once SSL is enabled, the framework will perform the following actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. All cookies set by the application are flagged as secure<\/li>
    2. All HTTP request will be redirected to HTTPS<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Cool! isn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Boot Thin server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      You need to mention key and certificate path while starting the thin server<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      $ thin<\/b> start - ssl - ssl-key-file ~\/.ssl\/localhost.key - ssl-cert- file ~\/.ssl\/localhost.crt<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      One can also start thin with two diffrent port one with non-SSL and another with SSL by using -p. Super cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      $ thin<\/b> start -p 3000
      \n$ thin<\/b> start -p 3001 - ssl - ssl-key-file ~\/.ssl\/localhost.key - ssl-cert- file ~\/.ssl\/localhost.crt<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      That’t it! Thank you for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Click here for more details<\/a>…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n\n\n\n

      At BoTree Technologies<\/a>, we build enterprise applications with our RoR team of 30+ engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We also specialize in RPA, AI, Python, Django, JavaScript and ReactJS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Consulting is free<\/a> – let us help you grow!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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