Azure static webapps deployed on https - virtual machine node api on http - site broken

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Azure static webapps deployed on https - virtual machine node api on http - site broken

nutissu 0

I got a node api on an azure virtual server. It was working fine on http -- but when I recently added the static web app react - the react deployed as a https link -- and now refuses to try and connect to the http node -- I am unsure how to configure the azure virtual server to become https - and I think also I need to rejiggle the server.js file here in my node to take on 8080 and 443?

I have used pm2 to keep the nodejs alive when I exit putty - and its got a switch of sorts with .env variables

I'm not sure how to further adapt it or how you'd make various ssl certificates in azure virtual machines with apache or for nodejs. Tried following something like this.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5998694/how-to-create-an-https-server-in-node-js

kobulloc-MSFT 26,861 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-08-31T01:37:48.42+00:00

Hello, @nutissu !

This may get a better answer with a web app tag (as most of the solutions I'm familiar with are using App Service) but from a VM standpoint you are correct in that you'll need to make sure that you have the server and the NSG properly configured for HTTPS network traffic (443/8080). You can create SSL certificates as outlined here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-secure-web-server

For App Service though, you would want to look at this:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-certificate?tabs=apex

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-language-nodejs?pivots=platform-linux#detect-https-session