wget a local HTTPS site? Can I set the IP wget should use to connect to the site?

Question

wget is trying to connect at 127.0.0.1 but it doesn't work. Is it possible to set the IP address wget should connect to without changing my /etc/hosts

Changing the /etc/hosts creates all sorts of other problems.

I'm running Debian 8 and I get:

ERROR: The certificate of ‘example.com’ is not trusted.

I suppose a way to accept unsigned certificates would also do.

Thanks very much!

Answer 1

Try --no-check-certificate option with wget.