++++++Įnter in a pass phrase for decrypting your private server key, and press Enter. Open a command prompt (eg from the Windows start menu type cmd in Windows search) then enterĪssuming you have installed xampp in C:\xampp\apache Ie add -extfile v3.ext to the end of the line. Then edit C:\xampp\apache\makecert.bat (open with something other than notepad.exe) and change line 9 from:īin\openssl x509 -in server.csr -out server.crt -req -signkey server.key -days 365īin\openssl x509 -in server.csr -out server.crt -req -signkey server.key -days 365 -extfile v3.ext In C:\xampp\apache create a file named V3.ext with the following content: LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so Make sure that the rewrite_module is uncommented (ie no semi colon at the start of the line).
Ie remove the semi colon ( ) in front of the line The 6 Step Processįor the SSL we are going to use openssl, so we need to make sure that the openssl line is not commented out. As such these instructions work for when you have your web content in the default htdocs folder and are just using localhost to access all web content. Note: I run a whole lot of WordPress instances but I use localhost to access them, ie I use say so I don’t have virtual hosts setup to access it like. I was unable to find any such instructions on the Apache Friends website, so after reading a little, I muddled through and this is what I did for my setup on Windows.
#Xampp install certificate ssl how to
It therefore became necessary for me to work out how to setup a self-signed SSL certificate for localhost with my XAMPP install on Windows. Often it is necessary to be able to test with SSL in a development environment, as sometimes things just wont work without SSL, especially now that some browsers such as Chrome are becoming more insistent on security being done properly.
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