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https://localhost - A set of really simple commands to enable https over localhost for Mac
Reference : https://paulbrowne.xyz/https-localhost
Enter in terminal:
$ cd; mkdir .ssl
$ openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -x509 -nodes -keyout .ssl/localhost.key -new -out .ssl/localhost.crt -subj /CN=localhost -reqexts SAN -extensions SAN -config <(cat /System/Library/OpenSSL/openssl.cnf <(printf '[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost')) -sha256 -days 3650
$ sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain .ssl/localhost.crt
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