Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@vikas5914
Created January 22, 2018 13:02
Show Gist options
  • Save vikas5914/f4384d12866fd572bfc5bcf389e756e8 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save vikas5914/f4384d12866fd572bfc5bcf389e756e8 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Generate a self-signed certificate for localhost
@echo off
REM IN YOUR SSL FOLDER, SAVE THIS FILE AS: makeCERT.bat
REM AT COMMAND LINE IN YOUR SSL FOLDER, RUN: makecert
REM IT WILL CREATE THESE FILES: example.cnf, example.crt, example.key
REM IMPORT THE .crt FILE INTO CHROME Trusted Root Certification Authorities
REM REMEMBER TO RESTART APACHE OR NGINX AFTER YOU CONFIGURE FOR THESE FILES
REM PLEASE UPDATE THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES FOR YOUR NEEDS.
SET HOSTNAME=example
SET DOT=app
SET COUNTRY=IN
SET STATE=DL
SET CITY=
SET ORGANIZATION=IT
SET ORGANIZATION_UNIT=IT Department
SET EMAIL=webmaster@%HOSTNAME%.%DOT%
(
echo [req]
echo default_bits = 2048
echo prompt = no
echo default_md = sha256
echo x509_extensions = v3_req
echo distinguished_name = dn
echo:
echo [dn]
echo C = %COUNTRY%
echo ST = %STATE%
echo L = %CITY%
echo O = %ORGANIZATION%
echo OU = %ORGANIZATION_UNIT%
echo emailAddress = %EMAIL%
echo CN = %HOSTNAME%.%DOT%
echo:
echo [v3_req]
echo subjectAltName = @alt_names
echo:
echo [alt_names]
echo DNS.1 = *.%HOSTNAME%.%DOT%
echo DNS.2 = %HOSTNAME%.%DOT%
)>%HOSTNAME%.cnf
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -nodes -keyout %HOSTNAME%.key -days 3560 -out %HOSTNAME%.crt -config %HOSTNAME%.cnf
@bantya
Copy link

bantya commented Jan 31, 2018

Brother I have used your code to create an interactive batch file where you can specify the fields and not have to edit the .bat file every-time for creating certs for new app.
You can find the repo here
Hope its OK with you!
😄

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment