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+to create a self-signed certificate and bypass supplying a password (using the `-nodes` option)
+this will also create a crt file that can be used to install to as a trusted root certificate authority
+    `openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout privateKey.pem -out certificate.crt -days 365 -nodes`
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