Deploy Internet Identity locally
So, you are looking to deploy Internet Identity (II) locally?
Here are my four easiest solution to do so!
Introduction
To deploy II locally, we need to get its canister (Wasm module). We can either build the code ourself, using Docker and the docker-build script provided by the II team, or download an existing release.
As I really dislike doing anything Devops related myself and, also because the goal of this tutorial is to make things happen fast, the following solutions are using the pre-build/released wasm (the above second option).
The first two options are applicable for any dapps, the last two are more useful if you start a new project.
1. Automatic Installation
It is possible to set up II for a project with dfx >= 0.12.0 using a custom canister.
So, just drop the following configuration in your project and that’s already it.
{
"canisters": {
...
"internet_identity": {
"type": "custom",
"candid": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/latest/download/internet_identity.did",
"wasm"…