SSL & Local CA

Envloom can enable HTTPS for local sites by managing a local certificate authority (CA) and issuing local certificates for your site domains.

What happens when SSL is enabled

For a site like app.test, Envloom typically:

• ensures a local certificate exists for the domain
• configures Nginx to serve HTTPS
• updates site/vhost configuration as needed

CLI toggle

loom ssl on
loom ssl off

Use this for fast testing or when a project temporarily needs HTTP-only behavior.

Trusting the local CA

Browsers only trust local HTTPS certificates when the local CA is trusted by your system/browser trust store.

If you see certificate warnings:

• confirm the local CA trust step completed successfully during first launch
• confirm the site domain matches the certificate domain
• regenerate/reapply the local site certificate if needed

Permissions note

CA trust and certificate installation steps may require elevated permissions depending on system policy. This is expected for local HTTPS tooling.

Security note

The local CA is intended for development use on your machine. Do not reuse local development certificates for production deployments.