In this blog I am going to demonstrate how to generate a self-sign certificate for your local domain for testing purpose.
Prerequisites
You need to have a LINUX PC or a server to do this, because this script is wrote in bash. Other than that u have to install openssl package to generate certificate.
Download the self-sign certificate from GITHUB from this Link. Download.
Step:1: Extract the content
tar -xvzf selfsign-cert.tar.gz
Step: 2: Generate CA Certificate
./start
- Select "Genarate New CA Certificate" option
- Enter CA Name without space.
Step: 3: Generate Host Certificate
./start
- Select "Genarate New Host Certificate" Option
- Enter Host Certificate name.
- Enter Domain list. If you are going to use it for multiple site, you have to mention each hostnames.
Step: 4: Sign Host Certificate
./start
- Select "Sign Host certificate" Option
- Enter Host Certificate you want to sign.
- Enter CA to sign with.
Sign Certificate and Private Key are locate in below path.
Signed Certificate Path.......: cert/server/sign/test.vidutech.org.pem
Private Key Path.................: cert/server/key/test.vidutech.org.key
You can use these sign certificate and private key to put in Apache or NGINX.
By installing CA certificate in browser, you can avoid CA certificate warning in browser.
