How can I get Chrome accepting self signed certificates?

Is it possible that Clients (Chrome) will accept the HTTPS connection using a self signed certificate?

Yes. You need to import the certificate into Chrome (after exporting it to a file, if you have not done that yet). You can import certificates in the certificate dialog, which you can reach via Settings / Advanced / Manage Certificates.

Since Chrome 58, the self-signed certificate must have the right domain name in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field.
After importing the certificate, you need to restart Chrome.

For details, see for example this question on StackOverflow:

answered Feb 20, 2018 at 9:59 23.2k 10 10 gold badges 71 71 silver badges 94 94 bronze badges

Thanks for your reply, I had an problem with windows not accepting the import of the certificate. Its now fixed :) source: superuser.com/questions/145394/…

Commented Feb 20, 2018 at 10:49

Down vote, because these instructions only apply to legacy google-chrome. Somewhere before version 67 they completely disabled all of this self-signing functionality because illegal websites used this mechanism to distribute illegal data and datums. Your choices for now are to put up with no encryption, or to pay money to the certificate authorities so that the powers that be authorize you to have a website that works through the internet. Don't-be-evil has transformed into "just-a-little-bit-evil".

Commented Sep 24, 2018 at 16:32

@EricLeschinski: Thanks for the update. IMHO, if an answer is outdated, it should be edited, not downvoted - it's stil correct, just old.

Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 7:40

@EricLeschinski: And for the record, I just tested this with current Chrome (V69 on Windows), and it does work for me. However, you need to restart Chrome after importing the cert. Answer edited.