Create a custom Certificate Authority to allow HTTPS on local development
Certain web apps and protocols only work over HTTPS, and while this is a trivial matter on a remote server since the advent of Let's Encrypt, the case is not as simple on local development environments.
It is possible to use self-signed certificates locally, but the DX suffers greatly since all browsers constantly complain and require manually adding exceptions for self-signed certificates.
One workaround is to create a custom Certificate Authority on the local machine, add it manually to the browser(s) and then use it so sign a few wildcard certificates. Depending on the exact local development workflow, those certificates can then be included in the development environment therefore enabling HTTPS without browser warnings.
This script relies on the openssl and ca-certificates packages that should be included in Ubuntu based distributions. Support for other libraries and OSes is out of scope for the time being. If you need it, fork it :)
First grab the script and have a look at what is included:
git clone https://github.com/tiagosimoes-euf/LocalCA.git
cd LocalCA/ && ls -hAl
Copy the example config file and edit the active config file:
cp example.lca.cfg lca.cfg
nano lca.cfg
Make the script executable and put it somewhere in your $PATH:
chmod a+x lca.sh
sudo ln -s ${PWD}/lca.sh /usr/local/bin/lca
TBD
Some common use cases are included in the documentation; read them and adapt them to your particular needs.