HTTPS on localhost

The usage of https is the norm now, and so more and more we’ll need to use HTTPS even for local development. So after some mixed results – this guide solved all my problems:
https://web.dev/how-to-use-local-https/
https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert#installation

First we install ssl-tools

sudo apt install libnss3-tools

Then install mkcert:

curl -JLO "https://dl.filippo.io/mkcert/latest?for=linux/amd64"
chmod +x mkcert-v*-linux-amd64
sudo cp mkcert-v*-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/mkcert

After this – setup mkcert to accept the self signed certificates:

mkcert -install

Then – for each localhost site we do the following:

mkcert example.local

And then – we use the newly created files in the configuration. For this example – apache2:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName my.site
    DocumentRoot /path/to/site

    #SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"

    <Directory /path/to/site/>
	Options FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    SSLCertificateFile /path/to/cert.file
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /path.to.key

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/my.site.error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/my.site.access.log combined
    
</VirtualHost>