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
}