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@dazld/snakeoil-certs
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Certificates created by pem
module and saved into a module for import by other scripts (eg. livereload) and consistency.
csr
- cert signing request
clientKey
- certificate key
certificate
- the https cert itself
serviceKey
- service key
const https = require('https');
const snakeoil = require('@dazld/snakeoil-certs');
const someExpressApp = require('your-express-app-or-whatever');
const server = https.createServer({
key: snakeoil.serviceKey,
cert: keys.certificate
},someExpressApp).listen(3030);
// in gulp livereload
const livereload = require('gulp-livereload');
livereload.listen({
key: snakeoil.serviceKey,
cert: keys.certificate
});
// etc - now both the livereload and main server are using same keys
FAQs
HTTPS self signed certs
The npm package @dazld/snakeoil-certs receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, @dazld/snakeoil-certs popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @dazld/snakeoil-certs demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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