Getting Chrome to accept self-signed localhost certificate

Question

I have created a self-signed SSL certificate for the localhost CN. Firefox accepts this certificate after initially complaining about it, as expected. Chrome and IE, however

Answer 1

When clicking the little crossed out lock icon next to the URL, you'll get a box looking like this:

After clicking the Certificate information link, you'll see the following dialog:

It tells you which certificate store is the correct one, it's the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.

You can either use one of the methods outlined in the other answers to add the certificate to that store or use:

certutil -addstore -user "ROOT" cert.pem

• ROOT is the internal name of the certificate store mentioned earlier.
• cert.pem is the name of your self-signed certificate.