How to create a self-signed certificate for a domain name for development on Windows 10 and below?

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Using PowerShell

From Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows PowerShell 4.0) and upwards, you can create a self-signed certificate using the new New-SelfSignedCertificate cmdlet:

Examples:

New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName www.mydomain.example -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My

New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName subdomain.mydomain.example -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My

New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName *.mydomain.example -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My

Using the IIS Manager

  1. Launch the IIS Manager
  2. At the server level, under IIS, select Server Certificates
  3. On the right hand side under Actions select Create Self-Signed Certificate
  4. Where it says “Specify a friendly name for the certificate” type in an appropriate name for reference.
    1. Examples: www.domain.example or subdomain.domain.example
  5. Then, select your website from the list on the left hand side
  6. On the right hand side under Actions select Bindings
  7. Add a new HTTPS binding and select the certificate you just created (if your certificate is a wildcard certificate you’ll need to specify a hostname)
  8. Click OK and test it out.

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