A simple library for managing (creating and retrieving) certificates and a root certificate authority
Usage with node projects:
Install:
npm i https-manager
Usage:
const httpsManager = require('https-manager')
// TODO - better support and documentation for use with node will come in later updates
Usage as an interface with other programming languages:
Install:
npm i -g https-manager
Usage:
Used from CLI and writes to stdout.
CLI Usage:
https-cli init
https-cli getCA [HOSTNAME]
https-cli setCA [HOSTNAME]
run https-cli init to either initialize the rootCA and return the key and certificate or return the existing rootCA.
An example of usage with Go would be:
func InitCert() (string, string) {
certInit := exec.Command("https-cli", "init")
stdin, err := certInit.StdinPipe()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
go func() {
defer stdin.Close()
io.WriteString(stdin, "something")
}()
out, err := certInit.CombinedOutput()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
var root map[string]interface{}
if err := json.Unmarshal(out, &root); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
cert := root["cert"].(string)
key := root["key"].(string)
return cert, key
}