_acceptCertificates

since there are no valid certificates for this domain, you'll have to tell your browser to ignore the insecure connections when you try to load the application go to < https //local etherealengine org/> , you should see a warning about an invalid certificate; accept this invalid cert to get to the home page next if it keeps displaying 'loading routes' progress for a long time, it is due to the fact that you have to allow certificates you'll have to open the dev tools for your browser and go to the 'console' tab you will see some errors in url address starting with 'wss' replace 'wss' with 'https' and open it in new tab accept the certificate and reload your ir engine tab you need to do this for following domains wss\ //api local theinfinitereality io > https //api local theinfinitereality io wss\ //instanceserver local theinfinitereality io > https //instanceserver local theinfinitereality io https //localhost 9000 you can open developer tools in chrome by clicking the side menu with three dots, then more tools > developer tools (or use ctrl+shift+i)