Added function to generate SSL certificate (unused, as of yet)

lib/generateSSLcert.js

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+var forge = require("node-forge");
+forge.options.usePureJavaScript = true;
+var fs = require("fs");
+var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
+
+var pki = forge.pki;
+var rsa = forge.pki.rsa;
+var startTime, endTime;
+
+var doLogging = true;
+if(!doLogging) console.log = function(){};
+
+module.exports = function({
+	bits = 2048,
+	certificatePath = "database/certificate",
+} = {}){
+	console.log("Generating SSL certificate with "+bits+" bits at "+certificatePath);
+
+	startTime = Date.now();
+	var keypair = rsa.generateKeyPair({bits: bits, e: 0x10001});
+	endTime = Date.now();
+	console.log("Generated 2048bit keypair in: "+(endTime-startTime)+" ms");
+
+	startTime = Date.now();
+	var cert = pki.createCertificate();
+	cert.publicKey = keypair.publicKey;
+	cert.serialNumber = "01";
+
+	cert.validity.notBefore = new Date();
+	cert.validity.notAfter = new Date(Date.now()+(1000*60*60*24*365)); // valid for one year
+
+	// self-sign certificate
+	cert.sign(keypair.privateKey);
+
+	// Convert certificate to pem type and write it to a file
+	if(certificatePath[certificatePath.length-1] != "/") certificatePath += "/";
+	if(!fs.existsSync(certificatePath)) {
+		mkdirp.sync(certificatePath);
+		console.log("Created directory: "+certificatePath);
+	}
+	fs.writeFileSync(certificatePath+ "cert.key", keypair.privateKey);
+	fs.writeFileSync(certificatePath+ "cert.crt", pki.certificateToPem(cert));
+
+	endTime = Date.now();
+	console.log("Generated certificate in: "+(endTime-startTime)+" ms");
+}