Setting up node.js to validate certificates from self signed certificate authority

Uses cfssl to generate certificates:

Install GoLang

go get -u github.com/cloudflare/cfssl/cmd/...

Generate certificates:

Modify cert/config files.

cd cert mkdir ca server clients

1. Generate certificate authority

./genca.sh

2. Generate server certificate

./genserver.sh

3. Generate client certificate

./genclient.sh

Description

• Server uses server certificate to support https calls
• Server expects clients to call with client cert
• Client uses self signed certificate authority to validate server

For testing

host file localhost.test 127.0.0.1

yarn test