Why using HTTPS in development?

The need to use HTTPS in development may seem anecdotal, however, several cases meet this need:

• To perform certain tests locally (such as lighthouse audits)
• Avoid CORS errors thanks to reverse proxies
• To respond to point number 10 of the 12 factor app which suggests that the production and dev environments should be as similar as possible.

How to implement it using docker-compose?

To explain how to implement an HTTPS environment in dev, I will use a small project that will serve as an example throughout this article.

This project is based on 2 microservices:

• An “API” written in Flask / Python
• A whoami container (it’s…