local_ssl_creator

A bash script to create and install self signed certs for local https development. (Only tested on a mac)

The script will generate the cert and key required, install the cert into keychain and set it to trusted and then add the new host to the hosts file ready for dev.

To execute in terminal:-

./bin/create_cert.sh

this will produce a server.crt and a server.key

Install as a gem

To install the script as a gem to execute from anywhere:-

gem install localhoster

Now execute by calling:-

localhoster

Utilise keys

To utilise the server.crt and server.key created for localhost.dev in puma:-

puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:3000?key=crossdomaincerts/server.key&cert=crossdomaincerts/server.crt'

Then access the server on https://localhost.dev:3000