ChinGuan Quek asked 2 years ago
Hi,
In all the exercises, the examples use http protocol for creation of the ESP32 webserver. As I understand, http protocol is unencrypted and transmit in plain text. Could the examples be done using the more secured https protocol?.
While performing the exercise in Unit 7, my computer anti-virus application send multiple warning that the forwarding tunnel created on ngrok is unsafe.
If the exercise could be done using https protocol, what are the changes needed in the exercise code?
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
Hi.
Currently, the ESPAsyncWebServer library that we use for web server projects doesn’t support https.
We now use a different method (instead of ngrok) to make the web server accessible from anywhere using https protocol using a service called Cloudflare Tunnel: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/
You can use this service for free, but you need to have a domain name.
Regards,
Sara
ChinGuan Quek answered 2 years ago
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I’ll take a look on cloudflare.
clarify: Domain name created on cloudflare?
If it would be possible, do you have an Arduino code for ESP32 to share? 🙂
Thanks
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
Hi.
It doesn’t matter where you got a domain name.
The ESP32 code for the web server remains the same. No need to change anything.
After having the web server running everything is done on cloudfare.
Regards,
Sara