Working with a self-signed certificate is much easier, when the browser accepts it.
Google Chrome
Warnings from chrome might not be accurate
Even though the certificate is working locally, chrome might still complain that the certificate is not valid and the connection is not secure while blotting out the "https" part of the url.
Accept a specific certificate
- Go to chrome://settings/certificates
- Under "Authorities", click "Import"
- Select the certificate file (.crt)
- Check "Trust this certificate for identifying websites"
- Close any related tabs
Disable all certificate checks
To accept any self-generated certificate during a session, you can also start chrome with the --ignore-certificate-errors
switch:
google-chrome --ignore-certificate-errors &
Warning
This flag should not be used in general or for browsing the internet. You will also see a warning in the browser:
"You are using an unsupported command-line flag: --ignore-certificate-errors. Stability and security will suffer."
Posted by Dominik Schöler to makandra dev (2022-08-24 09:54)