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How to create SSL certificate for localhost development on macOS
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How to create SSL certificate for localhost development on macOS

  1. Generate the private key and the certificate
openssl req -x509 -out localhost.crt -keyout localhost.key \
  -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -sha256 \
  -subj '/CN=localhost' -extensions EXT -config <( \
  printf "[dn]\nCN=localhost\n[req]\ndistinguished_name = dn\n[EXT]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost\nkeyUsage=digitalSignature\nextendedKeyUsage=serverAuth")
  1. Make the OS to trust this certificate
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain localhost.crt

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