How to use on Windows about mkcert

[xyzdata]

docs for windows is wanted.

[ivangretsky]

I am using xampp portable with apache web server.

Was just writing a long post about how nothing works, checking one step after another, and realized that I did not tell apache to use the certificates issued. I changed virtual host config for a site as shown below, and it started working!

<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/test.xyz"
    ServerName test.xyz
    ServerAlias *.test.xyz
	
    SSLEngine on	
    SSLCertificateFile "c:\Users\XXX\test.xyz.pem"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "c:\Users\XXX\test.xyz-key.pem"
</VirtualHost>

It is in xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf in my case for xampp.

Thanks @adamdecaf and @aweber1!

Wildcard for 2nd level domains don't work in Chrome though.

[xgqfrms]

OK

https & express sever

const https = require('https');
const express = require('express');
const fs = require('fs');

// const fs = require('fs');

// OpenSSL
// const privateKey = fs.readFileSync('./https-ssl/server.key');
// const certificate = fs.readFileSync('./https-ssl/server.crt');

// pem
const privateKey = fs.readFileSync('./ssl/webgeeker.xyz+3-key.pem');
const certificate = fs.readFileSync('./ssl/webgeeker.xyz+3.pem');

const credentials = {
    key: privateKey,
    cert: certificate,
};

const app = express();
// const app = express.createServer(credentials);
// https://localhost:8888

https.createServer(credentials, app).listen(8888);

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log('req =', req);
    res.header('Content-type', 'text/html');
    return res.end('<h1>Hello, HTTPS!</h1>');
});

[xgqfrms]

what's wrong with this ?

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\mkcert

[ivangretsky]

@xgqfrms, see 1 and 2 in my original post. Real problems start later)

[xgqfrms]

@ivangretsky

solution

remame .exe & cd to the right path

but the * is not work, why?

[adamdecaf]

Was this problem solved?

[ivangretsky]

Nope

[adamdecaf]

What problem are you having? It looks like someone posted a nodejs server. Is your problem related to the certificate in Window's store or your application?

[ivangretsky]

I tried my best to describe my issue in the original post. Do I need to add something?

[adamdecaf]

Does the dev server report errors about the certificate files? Can you share the logs and code for the server?

[aweber1]

@ivangretsky you mentioned:

5. Launched a local dev server with the test.xyz configured to be served both on http and https.

It's unclear what type of server you're trying to use the certificate with. That will have an impact on both how you generate and how the certificate is used.

That said, if you're using IIS, check out this blog post (shameless plug):
https://medium.com/@aweber01/locally-trusted-development-certificates-with-mkcert-and-iis-e09410d92031

[Tonzitos]

I am not sure if my problem is related

[mohamedmmc]

I am not sure if my problem is related

i'm dealing with the same issue

[Marchiuzzz]

Having the exactly same issue

[DaggieBlanqx]

OK

https & express sever

const https = require('https');
const express = require('express');
const fs = require('fs');

// const fs = require('fs');

// OpenSSL
// const privateKey = fs.readFileSync('./https-ssl/server.key');
// const certificate = fs.readFileSync('./https-ssl/server.crt');

// pem
const privateKey = fs.readFileSync('./ssl/webgeeker.xyz+3-key.pem');
const certificate = fs.readFileSync('./ssl/webgeeker.xyz+3.pem');

const credentials = {
    key: privateKey,
    cert: certificate,
};

const app = express();
// const app = express.createServer(credentials);
// https://localhost:8888

https.createServer(credentials, app).listen(8888);

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log('req =', req);
    res.header('Content-type', 'text/html');
    return res.end('<h1>Hello, HTTPS!</h1>');
});

Works absolutely great for me!