Building and serving locally Angular with dotnet backend and supplying signed and trusted certificate.
Required tools: Link to heading
brew
angular-cli
mkcert
nss # for Firefox root-ca install
Using mkcert Link to heading
Install root-ca
mkcert -install
Add certificates to dotnet Link to heading
Create .pfx certificate Link to heading
In root folder of solution run: Link to heading
mkcert -pkcs12 -p12-file kestrel.pfx localhost
Ensure .pfx gets transferred to build folder Link to heading
.csproj
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
<None Update="kestrel.pfx">
<CopyToOutputDirectory Condition="Exists('kestrel.pfx')">PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
Add settings for kestrel Link to heading
appsettings.Development.json
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| "Kestrel": { | |
| "Certificates": { | |
| "Default": { | |
| "Path": "kestrel.pfx", | |
| "Password": "changeit" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
Add certificates to Angular Link to heading
Create .pem certificate / key Link to heading
mkcert -cert-file ssl/localhost.pem -key-file ssl/localhost-key.pem localhost
Any of below should work Link to heading
1. Run ’ng serve’ with cli params, OR Link to heading
ng serve --ssl true --ssl-cert ../ssl/localhost.pem --ssl-key ./ssl/localhost-key.pem
2. Add to angular.json Link to heading
"serve": {
"options": {
"sslCert": "./ssl/localhost.pem",
"sslKey": "./ssl/localhost-key.pem",
"ssl": true
},