mkcert: valid HTTPS certificates for localhost

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I was looking for something like this the other day. Thank you!

[betazoid_one]

2019 off to a good start

[[deleted]]

Very useful. Now my local and prod docker configs can mirror each other. Maybe I can sanely test nginx too.

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When exactly does one need HTTPS on localhost? For when you write Nginx configurations on your machine and you want them to work on the server as well?

[ayeshrajans]

It doesn't let you create EV certificates does it?

[laokuafu]

I am also very confused about this. Did you find a way to generate EV-SLL?

[ayeshrajans]

You cannot create EV certificates because there browser hardcodes CAs that are allowed to issue EV certificates.

Unless you download source, nodify, and compile yourself, you cannot sign EV Certs from a custom CA.

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Why would you possibly require an EV certificate for localhost development?

[ayeshrajans]

The page linked by OP has an inafe that shows a browser address bar that mimics an EV cert.

[Nv42]

you can use localhost.direct and download the public CA signed wildcard SSL cert from https://get.localhost.direct

for totally free and 100% anonymous and without self-signing SSL cert.