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Expand Up @@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ We need to start out with a word about SSL certificates. Speaking generally, th

To generate a self-signed certificate, run the following in your shell:

openssl genrsa -out key.pem
openssl req -new -key key.pem -out csr.pem
openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in csr.pem -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem
rm csr.pem
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 9999 -nodes

This should leave you with two files, `cert.pem` (the certificate) and `key.pem` (the private key). This is all you need for a SSL connection. So now you set up a quick hello world example (the biggest difference between https and [http](/how-do-i-create-a-http-server) is the `options` parameter):

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