Adding https to your localhost

This is a short post primarily for myself not to forget how to do it.

First of all you need to install mkcert from Homebrew:

brew install mkcert

Then you need to create new local CA (Certificate Authority) and create certificates for localhost:

mkcert -install

mkcert localhost

After that we need somehow to proxy all requests from https to http using the certificates. Install npm package for that:

npm install -g local-ssl-proxy

And start your local development:

local-ssl-proxy --source 3010 --target 3000 --cert localhost.pem --key localhost-key.pem

Voila, your https://localhost:3010 is ready for new challenges!