<br/>Alternatively, if you have a certificate as `server.pfx` format, you can add the following configuration section. The passphrase is optional and only needed, if your certificate is encrypted.
More info on the `key`, `cert`, `ca`, `pfx` and `passphrase` arguments on the [Node documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/tls.html#tls_tls_createsecurecontext_options)
* Run `verdaccio` in your command line.
* Open the browser and load `https://your.domain.com:port/`
This instructions are mostly valid under OSX and Linux, on Windows the paths will vary but, the steps are the same.
## Docker
If you are using the Docker image, you have to set the `PROTOCOL` environment variable to `https` as the `listen` argument is provided on the [Dockerfile](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/blob/master/Dockerfile#L43), and thus ignored from your config file.
You can also set the `PORT` environment variable if you are using a different port than `4873`.