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title: Securing Local Dev Server
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---
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Sometimes you want to interact with a local webserver with https support because of some browser APIs that are only available in an https environment.
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You can easily create a self-signed TLS cert for development purposes with [`mkcert`](https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert).
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```shell
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brew install mkcert
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mkcert -install # Install the local CA in the OS keychain
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```
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After installing `mkcert` and generating system-wide local CA cert, you can create a certificate for each project.
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```
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cd awesome-website
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mkcert localhost # this will generate ./localhost.pem and ./localhost-key.pem
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npm install -g serve
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serve --ssl-cert ./localhost.pem --ssl-key ./localhost-key.pem
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```
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