Script to create a local certificate authority and TLS certificate for a given domain name.

dev_cert.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -x

DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
NAME=${1:-localhost}

CA_KEY=$DIR/dev_cert_ca.key.pem

[ -f $CA_KEY ] || openssl genrsa -des3 -out $CA_KEY 2048

CA_CERT=$DIR/dev_cert_ca.cert.pem

[ -f $CA_CERT ] || openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key $CA_KEY -sha256 -days 1825 -out $CA_CERT

HOST_KEY=$DIR/$NAME.key.pem

[ -f $HOST_KEY ] || openssl genrsa -out $HOST_KEY 2048

HOST_CERT=$DIR/$NAME.cert.pem

if ! [ -f $HOST_CERT ] ; then
    HOST_CSR=$DIR/$NAME.csr.pem
    [ -f $HOST_CSR ] || openssl req -new -key $HOST_KEY -out $HOST_CSR
    HOST_EXT=$DIR/$NAME.ext
    echo >$HOST_EXT
    echo >>$HOST_EXT authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
    echo >>$HOST_EXT basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
    echo >>$HOST_EXT keyUsage = digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment
    echo >>$HOST_EXT subjectAltName = @alt_names
    echo >>$HOST_EXT
    echo >>$HOST_EXT [alt_names]

    NAME_N=1
    for ALT_NAME in "$@" ; do
        echo >>$HOST_EXT DNS.$NAME_N = $NAME
        NAME_N=$(( NAME_N + 1 ))
    done

    openssl x509 -req -in $HOST_CSR -CA $CA_CERT -CAkey $CA_KEY -CAcreateserial \
        -out $HOST_CERT -days 1825 -sha256 -extfile $HOST_EXT

    rm $HOST_EXT
fi

If you import the CA cert from this into your browser, the domain name specific certs will be trusted by the browser automatically without a prompt.