diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e334829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.crt
+*.csr
+*.pem
+*.key
diff --git a/server/gen_cert.sh b/server/gen_cert.sh
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index 0000000..d608ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/gen_cert.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash 
+openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048
+openssl req -sha256 -new -key server.key -out server.csr -subj '/CN=localhost'
+openssl x509 -req -sha256 -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
+cat server.crt server.key > server.pem