Generate Key for local https
This project is inspired by this page https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-get-https-working-on-your-local-development-environment-in-5-minutes-7af615770eec/ that explain how to create an HTTPS key for localhost.
I just create an sh script and the configuration file in order to have it automated.
The only "manual" step is to import the certificate `build/rootCA.pem" in your keychain and in all the program that doesn't use the system keystore.
All the certificate will be generated in build directory.
The script require openssl installed, for MacOs will work only with the brew version:
brew install openssl
and read carefully the output of the command in order to install it properly.
Not tested on Windows, but should work with Cygwin.
change the following configuration file located in config:
- rootCA.cnf
- server.csr.cnf
in order to reflect your data.
Execute ./generateCert.sh script, by default will generate a 10y key, if you want you can change the expiration and the algorithm.
In the build directory you will find the following files:
- rootCA.key - Key of the root CA for localhost
- rootCA.pem - Certificate of the root CA, to be imported in all the trust store
- server.crt - Certificate for localhost, has to be configured in your application (Public Key)
- server.key - The private key of the server, usually must be configured in your application
- server.csr - Certificate request, can be ignored
- rootCA.slr - Not used, serial number of the rootCA