forrest79/dev-certs

Create SSL wildcards domain certificates with own certificate authority for and ONLY for development.

v0.2.2 2023-10-25 21:51 UTC

BSD-3-Clause

• Jakub Trmota

• https
• ssl
• certificates

README

Create SSL wildcards domain certificates with own certificate authority for and ONLY for development.

Requirements

Forrest79/DevCerts requires linux with openssl installed.

Installation

The recommended way to install Forrest79/DevCerts is through Composer:

composer require --dev forrest79/dev-certs

or npm:

npm install @forrest79/dev-certs --save-dev

Documentation

To generate certificate just call bin/generate-certificate output_directory domain1 [domain2] [domainX]. For every domain is generated certificate for domain and *.domain.

output_directory is directory, where new certificates will be generated domain1 is main domain and certificates and keys are named by this domain (domain1.crt, domain1.key and domain1.pem are generated in output_directory) domain2 .. domainX are other domains to be included in certificate

For npm run script with npm exec @forrest79/dev-certs.

Example:

I want to generate certificate for domains forrest79.net.test and trmota.cz.test (.test is recommendation from Google).

bin/generate-certificate /home/forrest79/certs forrest79.net.test trmota.cz.test

To proper use in your system is recommended to import certs/rootCA-DEVCERT.crt to certificate storage, after that, all generated certificates will be marked as trusted and you get "green" lock icon. Firefox has own certificates storage system, you must import this directly to Firefox to make generated certificates trusted.

How to import to Windows

• Enter Win + R | mmc
• Click on File | Add/Remove Snap-in...
• In the Add or Remove Snap-ins window, select Certificates and click on the Add button
• Select the Computer Account radio button when prompted and click on Next
• Select Local Computer (selected by default) and click on Finish
• Back in the Add or Remove Snap-ins window, click on OK
• In the MMC main console, click on the plus (+) symbol to expand the Certificate snap-in.
• Navigate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities | Certificates pane
• Right-click within the Certificates panel and click on All Tasks | Import to start the Certificate Import Wizard
• Follow the wizard to import rootCA-DEVCERTS.crt.

How to import to Linux @todo Please let me know, if you know, how to do this :-)

How to import to MacOS @todo Please let me know, if you know, how to do this :-)

How to import to Firefox Depends on your Firefox version. Search for button View Certificates in Options, Advanced or Encryption. Tab Authority, Import... and choose file rootCA-DEVCERTS.crt.

How to use certificate in nginx Use this in your vhost configuration:

listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /path/to/certificate.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /path/to/certificate.key;

How to use certificate in Apache

Use this in your vhost configuration:

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "/path/to/certificate.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/path/to/certificate.key"