generate_certs.sh

#!/bin/bash

# source: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/use-tokio-tungstenite-with-rustls-instead-of-native-tls-for-secure-websockets/90130
mkdir -p certs
cd certs

# Create a self-signed root CA
openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -subj "/C=FI/CN=hdvanegasm" -days 1825 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout rootCA.key -out rootCA.crt

# Create file localhost.ext with the following content:
cat <<'EOF' >localhost.ext
  authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
  basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
  subjectAltName = @alt_names
  [alt_names]
  DNS.1 = server
  IP.1 = 127.0.0.1 
EOF

n_certificates=$(expr $1 - 1)
for i in $(seq 0 $n_certificates); do
  # Create unencrypted private key and a CSR (certificate signing request)
  openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -subj "/C=FI/CN=hdvanegasm" -keyout "priv_key_p$i.pem" -out "server_cert_p$i.csr"

  # Create self-signed certificate (`cert.pem`) with the private key and CSR
  openssl x509 -signkey "priv_key_p$i.pem" -in "server_cert_p$i.csr" -req -days 365 -out "server_cert_p$i.crt"

  # Sign the CSR (`cert.pem`) with the root CA certificate and private key
  # => this overwrites `cert.pem` because it gets signed
  openssl x509 -req -CA rootCA.crt -CAkey rootCA.key -in "server_cert_p$i.csr" -out "server_cert_p$i.crt" -days 365 -CAcreateserial -extfile localhost.ext
done