how to get a free ssl certificate code example
Example 1: how to get free ssl certificate from letsencrypt for local
openssl req -x509 -out localhost.crt -keyout localhost.key \
-newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -sha256 \
-subj '/CN=localhost' -extensions EXT -config <( \
printf "[dn]\nCN=localhost\n[req]\ndistinguished_name = dn\n[EXT]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost\nkeyUsage=digitalSignature\nextendedKeyUsage=serverAuth")
Example 2: what is an SSL certificate
An SSL certificate is a type of digital certificate that
provides authentication for a website and enables an encrypted connection.
communicates to the client that the web service host
demonstrated ownership of the domain to the certificate authority
at the time of certificate issuance