create react app how to serve it over https?

Question

Could someone point me to a link for total beginners as to how to set up https using create react app?

I've ejected the app and need to modify webpack I think. But then I don't know where to go from there.

I have self-signed certificates generated already.

Thank you

Answer 1

You dont need to modify your webpack or eject the app to use https

If you want to use Https in development you'll need to set the environment veriable HTTPS=true in your start script in package.json

HTTPS=true npm start

read about it here

If you want to host it on something like amazon S3 you can use cloudfront

https://medium.com/@omgwtfmarc/deploying-create-react-app-to-s3-or-cloudfront-48dae4ce0af