cert127

cert127

cert127 / There is no place like 127.0.0.1

Small utility to generate 🔒 trusted self-signed certificates for local development.

Prerequisites

This package requires mkcert to be installed on your system. Please follow the installation instructions for your platform.

Installation

# With Yarn
yarn add cert127

# or with npm
npm i cert127

Usage

import cert127 from 'cert127';

const { key, cert } = await cert127();

✨Roadmap

• Make it a class, so we offer more ways to retrieve the cert
• Add a check to see if mkcert is installed and if not, install it
• Make sure that mkcert was initialized: mkcert -install
• Add a check to see if the certificate is already created and ask the user if they want to overwrite it
• Add more options for customizations (e.g. hosts, expiration time etc.)
• Add a way to revoke the certificate
• Add a way to check if the certificate is valid
• Allow creating multiple certificates
• Add tests
• Add CI/CD
• Add ESLint and Prettier

There is no place like 127.0.0.1 🏠