[GH-ISSUE #272] Unclear instruction - what to do? #176

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Originally created by @WrongBit on GitHub (Jun 22, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/272

Hi! I work on Win7x64. Under admin I run mkcert -install. All I got is just rootCA-key.pem and rootCA.pem in c:\Users\itshim\AppData\Local\mkcert. How these files will work if they just lie in a folder? I tried to search new certificate in Windows storage, but nothing. Personal, Trusted Root Certification Authorities, Trusted Publishers, Third-Party Root Certification Authorities - nobody has new certificate (despite Windows said it imports certificate). Hell, I even don't know what's the name of the certificate!

Can you please be more detailed what and where is stored? I try to make web server, but browser cannot establish https because no certificate.

Originally created by @WrongBit on GitHub (Jun 22, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/272 Hi! I work on Win7x64. Under admin I run `mkcert -install`. All I got is just `rootCA-key.pem` and `rootCA.pem` in `c:\Users\itshim\AppData\Local\mkcert`. How these files will work if they just lie in a folder? I tried to search new certificate in Windows storage, but nothing. `Personal`, `Trusted Root Certification Authorities`, `Trusted Publishers`, `Third-Party Root Certification Authorities` - nobody has new certificate (despite Windows said it imports certificate). Hell, I even don't know what's the name of the certificate! Can you please be more detailed what and where is stored? I try to make web server, but browser cannot establish `https` because no certificate.

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020):

mkcert -install is just the installation step, then you can generate certificates to use with your web server with mkcert example.com or mkcert localhost etc.

See the README for some examples.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020): `mkcert -install` is just the installation step, then you can generate certificates to use with your web server with `mkcert example.com` or `mkcert localhost` etc. See the README for some examples.