Getting Chrome to accept self-signed localhost certificate

For localhost only

Simply paste this in your chrome:

chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost

You should see highlighted text saying:

Allow invalid certificates for resources loaded from localhost

Click Enable.

Other sites

Try typing thisisunsafe anywhere on the window, and the browser should let you visit the page.

-OR-

For a local self-signed cert that avoids arcane commands, specialized knowledge, and manual steps try mkcert from this answer.

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