httpsnow

Do you want https://localhost to actually work? I did.

I want a simple script to serve a directory RIGHT NOW with https. It's always been a pain.

Unfortunately the headache of keys never goes away.

deps

I use python because it does the mime-types properly for the base http server.

Please checkout to ~/projects/httpsnow/

mkdir -p ~/projects/
cd ~/projects/
git checkout https://github.com/abramhindle/httpsnow
cd httpsnow
make install
# now put httpsnow somewhere

Now you have to setup firefox and chrome for some reason because they ignore these certs.

Works with Chrome 60 as far as I can tell.

Go to settings -> advanced -> Manage Certificates -> Authorities -> import

After "make install" install ~/projects/httpsnow/localhostCA.crt into Authorities

Preferences -> Advanced -> Certificates -> View Certificates -> Authorities -> import

After "make install" install ~/projects/httpsnow/localhostCA.crt into Authorities

Install httpsnow into your PATH somewhere.

Then in a directory you want to serve run:

$ httpsnow
https://localhost:44330/

And click the link!

Apache 2.0 unless otherwise stated