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Docker for local web development, part 5: HTTPS all the things

While it is getting ever cheaper and easier to encrypt the web, somehow this evolution doesn't extend to local environments, where bringing in HTTPS is still far from a sinecure. This article intends to ease the pain by showing you how to generate a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate and how to use it with our Docker-based setup, thus getting us one step closer to perfectly mimicking a production environment.