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+# A docker image for mkcert.dev
+
+mkcert.dev is a tool for developer to generate valid certificates.
+Those certificates can then be used in their dev environment.
+
+This repository provides a dockerfile and a helper script to:
+
+- Create CA certificate
+- Create a server certificate (key + crt)
+- Create a server certificate (p12)
+- Convert the server certificate to JKS format
+- Convert the CA certificate to JKS format
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/nmasse-itix/mkcert
+cd mkcert
+docker build . mkcert:dev
+docker run -v /tmp/certs:/certs -e SERVER_HOSTNAMES="localhost.localdomain localhost" -it mkcert:dev
+```