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Self-signed CA

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Self-signed CA

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Self-signed CA

Create self signed CA for testing

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Self-signed CA

              
  uses: kofemann/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in kofemann/action-create-certificate

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This action generates a self-signed certificate that can be used during test phase.

Inputs

hostcert

  • Required The file where to store the certificate. Defaults to hostcert.pem

hostkey

  • Required The file where to store the host key. Defaults to hostkey.pem

cachain

  • Required The file where to store CA chain. Defaults to ca-chain.pem
name: test with self signed certificate
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Generate certificates for next step
        uses: kofemann/[email protected]

        with:
          hostcert: 'hostcert.pem'
          hostkey:  'hostkey.pem'
          cachain:  'ca-chain.pem'

      - name: Use generated certificates
        run: |
            openssl x509 -in hostcert.pem -noout -text

Acknowledgement

This work is based on Nick Sullivan, Cloudflare and Johannes Tegnér blog posts.

License

Licensed under BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License