Command to generate SSL certificates for HTTPS; use with `http-server`

.zshrc

# ~/.zshrc or whatever your startup file is (.profile, .bashrc, etc.):

# https-server alias
alias https-server="http-server -S -C ~/Certs/localhost.crt -K ~/Certs/localhost.key -p 8443"





## NOTE: You will need to install `http-server` via npm by running:
#    
#        $ npm install -g http-server
#
#

generate-ssl-certs.md

Command to Generate Certs

Be sure to cd into ~/Certs first:

openssl req -x509 -out localhost.crt -keyout localhost.key \
  -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -sha256 -days 1825 \
  -subj '/CN=localhost' -extensions EXT -config <( \
   printf "[dn]\nCN=localhost\n[req]\ndistinguished_name = dn\n[EXT]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost\nkeyUsage=digitalSignature\nextendedKeyUsage=serverAuth")

See https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/