Yeoman Default Add-In Instructions

When I follow the instructions listed here https://dev.office.com/getting-started/addins

I end up getting the following message, in a tab on right of page, when I upload the manifest:

"Your connection is not secure

The owner of localhost has configured their web site improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this web site."

I think this relates to this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38112598/office-add-in-without-ssl

Did anyone else follow the instructions and not run into this problem? If you did what was an easy work around? (I'm not publishing just looking to mess around)

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Stef Maccarone Manager • over 9 years ago

Hey Philip,

I hope you decide to submit! We'd love to have you.

If you don't get any tech help here from another Devpost user, I'd recommend posting your question to Microsoft StackOverflow forums (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ms-office) and tag your question with #hackproductivity and #office-js. Their support team should be able to help you out with the SSL issue!

All the best,
Stefanie
Phliip Kirkbride • over 9 years ago

For those who are interested I should have read better as it is specified https is not optional:

"Host your add-in. You can host your add-in locally, or use any web server or hosting technology – just make sure that the add-in is served using HTTPS, and update the add-in’s source location in the manifest."

Here are the instructions I'm using to setup https:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04
Phliip Kirkbride • over 9 years ago

Also this may be of interest if you don't have a domain name:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25946170/how-can-i-install-ssl-on-localhost-in-ubuntu

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Yeoman Default Add-In Instructions

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