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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -d ssl ]; then
+	    mkdir ssl
+fi
+
+# Create the root CA (Certificate Authority)
+openssl genrsa -out ssl/owls-ca.key 4096
+
+## Certificate signing request for root CA
+openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key ssl/owls-ca.key -sha256 -days 1024 -subj "/C=SE/" -out ssl/owls-ca.pem
+
+# Create the server certificate
+openssl genrsa -out ssl/owls-server.key 4096
+
+## Certificate signing request for server certificate
+openssl req -new -key ssl/owls-server.key -subj "/C=SE/CN=localhost/" -out ssl/owls-server.csr
+
+## Sign the server certificate using the root CA
+openssl x509 -req -in ssl/owls-server.csr -CA ssl/owls-ca.pem -CAkey ssl/owls-ca.key -CAcreateserial -out ssl/owls-server.pem -days 500 -sha256