Development certificate
A development certificate is a locally trusted certificate used to secure HTTPS connections during software development.
.NET in Action, Second Edition
A development certificate is a locally trusted certificate used to support secure HTTPS connections during software development.
- How it is used
- Supports local HTTPS endpoint testing without obtaining a public-service certificate.
- How deep it goes
- Explains trust commands and their HTTPS role, but does not describe certificate internals.
- Examples
- Shows a local service listening on HTTPS and HTTP addresses alongside commands for checking and establishing certificate trust.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it with `dotnet dev-certs https --check` and `dotnet dev-certs https --trust` for local or build-agent testing.
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ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
A development certificate is a locally trusted certificate intended for securing an application's development-time HTTPS connections.
- How it is used
- Secures local ASP.NET Core HTTPS traffic while applications are developed and tested.
- How deep it goes
- Explains automatic installation, browser trust, and remediation, but defers production certificate acquisition and configuration.
- Examples
- Uses the `dotnet dev-certs https --trust` command and browser warning illustrations.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure local HTTPS by trusting the development certificate and recognizing when it cannot serve production.
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Related concepts
- HTTPSused by · HTTPS is HTTP carried over TLS, which provides encryption and endpoint authentication for network communication.
- .NET SDKproduced by · .NET SDK is Microsoft's software development kit providing tools, compilers, libraries, commands, and templates for building, testing, and publishing .NET applications.
- dotnet dev-certsproduced by · dotnet dev-certs is a .NET CLI command for creating, checking, and trusting development HTTPS certificates.
- certificatekind of · A digital certificate is a digitally signed credential that binds an identity to a public key and supports authentication or secure communication.
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