allow running with SSL via commandline

docs/sanic/ssl.rst

@@ -9,4 +9,12 @@ Optionally pass in an SSLContext:
   context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
   context.load_cert_chain("/path/to/cert", keyfile="/path/to/keyfile")
 
-  app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8443, ssl=context)
+  app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8443, ssl=context)
+
+You can also pass in the locations of a certificate and key as a dictionary:
+
+
+.. code:: python
+
+  ssl = {'cert': "/path/to/cert", 'key': "/path/to/keyfile"}
+  app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8443, ssl=ssl)

requirements.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ aiofiles
 httptools
 ujson
 uvloop
+websockets

sanic/__main__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = ArgumentParser(prog='sanic')
     parser.add_argument('--host', dest='host', type=str, default='127.0.0.1')
     parser.add_argument('--port', dest='port', type=int, default=8000)
+    parser.add_argument('--cert', dest='cert', type=str,
+                        help='location of certificate for SSL')
+    parser.add_argument('--key', dest='key', type=str,
+                        help='location of keyfile for SSL.')
     parser.add_argument('--workers', dest='workers', type=int, default=1, )
     parser.add_argument('--debug', dest='debug', action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument('module')
@@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                              .format(type(app).__name__, args.module))
 
         app.run(host=args.host, port=args.port,
-                workers=args.workers, debug=args.debug)
+                workers=args.workers, debug=args.debug,
+                cert=args.cert, key=args.key)
     except ImportError:
         log.error("No module named {} found.\n"
                   "  Example File: project/sanic_server.py -> app\n"

sanic/app.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from inspect import isawaitable, stack, getmodulename
 from traceback import format_exc
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlunparse
+from ssl import create_default_context
 
 from sanic.config import Config
 from sanic.constants import HTTP_METHODS
@@ -499,17 +500,18 @@ class Sanic:
         :param port: Port to host on
         :param debug: Enables debug output (slows server)
         :param before_start: Functions to be executed before the server starts
-                             accepting connections
+                            accepting connections
         :param after_start: Functions to be executed after the server starts
                             accepting connections
         :param before_stop: Functions to be executed when a stop signal is
                             received before it is respected
         :param after_stop: Functions to be executed when all requests are
-                           complete
-        :param ssl: SSLContext for SSL encryption of worker(s)
+                            complete
+        :param ssl: SSLContext, or location of certificate and key
+                            for SSL encryption of worker(s)
         :param sock: Socket for the server to accept connections from
         :param workers: Number of processes
-                        received before it is respected
+                            received before it is respected
         :param loop:
         :param backlog:
         :param stop_event:
@@ -574,6 +576,16 @@ class Sanic:
                 register_sys_signals=True, run_async=False):
         """Helper function used by `run` and `create_server`."""
 
+        if isinstance(ssl, dict):
+            # try common aliaseses
+            cert = ssl.get('cert') or ssl.get('certificate')
+            key = ssl.get('key') or ssl.get('keyfile')
+            if not cert and key:
+                raise ValueError("SSLContext or certificate and key required.")
+            context = create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
+            context.load_cert_chain(cert, keyfile=key)
+            ssl = context
+
         if loop is not None:
             if debug:
                 warnings.simplefilter('default')