dkt201474/local-cert-generator

A set of scripts to quickly generate a HTTPS certificate for your local development environment.

HTTPS for localhost

A set of scripts to quickly generate a HTTPS certificate for your local development environment.

How-to

1. Clone this repository and cd into it:

git clone https://github.com/dakshshah96/local-cert-generator.git
cd local-cert-generator

2. Run the script to create a root certificate:

sh createRootCA.sh

3. Trust this certificate after importing it to your System keychain:

4. Run the script to create a domain certificate for localhost:

sh createSelfSigned.sh

5. Move server.key and server.crt to an accessible location on your server and include them when starting it. In an Express app running on Node.js, you'd do something like this:

var path = require('path')
var fs = require('fs')
var express = require('express')
var https = require('https')

var certOptions = {
  key: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve('build/cert/server.key')),
  cert: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve('build/cert/server.crt'))
}

var app = express()

var server = https.createServer(certOptions, app).listen(443)