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Expand Up @@ -16,11 +16,28 @@ The containers may take a moment to build.
If all goes well, it should **immediately connect you to the shell** on the dev instance (in `/app`).

That's it! The copy of the code there is mounted to your code repo — it's the same files!
You can now access the app on localhost (on HTTPS, accept the browser exception for self-signed certificate).
You can now access the app on localhost. If HTTPS throws a warning, see below.

## Trust Caddy's CA
To use HTTPS you'll want to [add the CA certificate to your browser](https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/ca-certs/).

### MacOS Safari
1. Open the Keychain Access app.
1. In Keychain Access, select System, then switch to the Certificates tab.
1. Drag-and-drop `./.docker/dev/root.crt` into the list of certificates. Enter your password if prompted.
1. Find the newly added certificate, double-click it, and expand the Trust section.
1. Set Always Trust for the certificate. Enter your password if prompted.

### MacOS Firefox
1. Copy `./.docker/dev/root.crt` to your Desktop (Firefox cannot find it in a dot folder).
1. Open Firefox's Settings -> Privacy & Security.
2. Find **Certificates** and select "View Certificates >".
3. On the **Authorities** tab, select the "Import..." button and select your copy of `root.crt`.
5. In the popup, check "Trust this CA to identify websites." and select OK, then OK again.

## Connect PHPStorm to Docker

# Daemon
### Daemon
Make sure Docker is running, then in PHPStorm:

* File -> Settings... -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Docker -> '+' (middle column)
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