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1. Go to Firefox/Preferences/Advanced/Encryption/View Certificates and click on your certificate and click the Backup button. In the Save Dialog box, save your certificate as a pks12 (.p12) file in your server directory (neatest if you save it in a cert subdirectory).
2. Using your terminal, CD to the cert subdirectory (/zend_framework/public/local_server/certs).
3. Create a .pem file: openssl pkcs12 -nodes -in yourcert.p12 -out yourcert.pem
4. Now remove the password from your .pem file this way: openssl rsa -in yourcert.pem -out yourcertNoPassword.pem
5. From the Authorities tab in FF, export and save the "MIT Certification Authority..." certification to a file name mitCA.pem in /zend_framework/public/local_server/certs folder.

Configure auth.json

Edit /zend_framework/public/local_server/auth_yours.json and rename this file to auth_me.json or whatever you like:

{
	"what_do_I_do_with_this_file": "Rename this file to auth_me.json or whatever you like then reference it on the command line with the '-a' parameter",
	"keyFile": ".pem file containing your key",
	"certsFile": ".pem file containing your cert with password removed",
	"caFile": "certs/mitCA.pem"
}

Install Required Node Module Dependencies

1. Navigate to /zend_framework/public/server/
2. Execute npm (node package manager) which will read the package.json file and install the listed dependencies. 
   1. npm install

Testing The Local Server

1. Navigate to zend_framework/public/local_server
2. Start the server via command: node bin/mitserv.js -a auth_me.json