node.js https server not loading responding - node.js

Question

I am trying to start a https node.js server.
I started by creating a certificate and key following this guide:
http://gaboesquivel.com/blog/2014/nodejs-https-and-ssl-certificate-for-development/
and I placed them in my /app_name/security/keys directory.
To start my https server, I have the following:
const https = require('https'),
fs = require('fs');
if(app.get('env') === 'development') {
console.log('dev env!!'); //prints correctly
console.log('port: ' + port); //prints correctly
const options = {
key: fs.readFileSync('./security/keys/key.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('./security/keys/cert.pem')
};
https.createServer(options, (req, res) => {
console.log('https good to go'); //this does not print out anything
}).listen(port);
}
When I go to https://localhost:3000, the page throws an error
This site can’t be reached
localhost unexpectedly closed the connection.
ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED
But there's no error on the server side console. Furthermore, if i go to the regular localhost:3000, I get:
The localhost page isn’t working
localhost didn’t send any data.
ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
Can someone help?
Thanks in advance!
---- UPDATE ----
I'm running on port 443 now. Initially I got an error:
Error: listen EACCES 0.0.0.0:443 so I ran:
sudo NODE_ENV=development nodemon app
Which did not throw any errors. However, when I went to https://localhost:443, I get:
This site can’t be reached
localhost unexpectedly closed the connection.

Answer 1

I used express as a web server.
to install express:
npm install express --save
I took your code, added the usage in express, generated certificate using openssl, and executed it - all looked good, the server was up, listening to port 3000 over https.
My code (which is based on your code...):
var app = require('express')();
const https = require('https'),
fs = require('fs'),
port = 3000;
if(app.get('env') === 'development') {
console.log('dev env!!'); //prints correctly
console.log('port: ' + port); //prints correctly
const options = {
key: fs.readFileSync('/tmp/private.key'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('/tmp/publickey.crt')
};
https.createServer(options, (req, res) => {
console.log('https good to go'); //this does message appears!!! ^_^
}).listen(port);
}
Please pay attention to the way I defined app: var app = require('express')();
You can split this definition into two line if it's more readable:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

Answer 2

So many problems with your code.
I tested this really quickly.
the keyword app and port is not defined, lines 4 and 7 respectively.
That will throw you a syntax error, preventing the code from continuing any further therefore server not starting up at all.
As I mentioned on my comment, use devtool to debug and use the following line on a CLI devtool server.js -w where the -w watches for file changes and reloads the server on the fly, while developing.
also assuming you named your entry file server.js