Is there an easy way to test SSL protected webpages in Development server, using Django?

Question

I use Django for my website and I want to know whether there is a work around for testing secure pages in Development server. As a temporary workaround, I wont use HTTP to check the webpages in dev server, which I think is not a correct way? What do you think?

Answer 1

The Django development server is very basic and intended for local testing only. It does not support ssl/https. You'll have to run it using Apache, NGINX, or some other web server that supports SSL in order to test.

Answer 2

You might consider mod_wsgi, since it can be used for development, testing, and deployment. mod_wsgi can be configured to detect any changes to you make to your Python code and automatically restart, same as the development server.

I tend to do most of my development on my local machine, but use an actual reference implementation server for testing. It's running mod_wsgi under apache, with a self-signed certificate. A recent detailed article by Graham Dumpleton is available here:

http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2008/12/using-modwsgi-when-developing-django.html

Answer 3

You can now use FakeSSLMiddleware