Enabling SSL with XAMPP

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I ve been following this guide as much as I could http   robsnotebook com xampp-ssl-encrypt-passwords    However whenever I browse to a page starting with https the apache server replies 404 Object Not Found   What setting I am missing  Thanks for any help

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I finally got this to work on my own hosted xampp windows 10 server web site. I.e. padlocks came up as ssl. I am using xampp version from November 2020.

Went to certbot.eff.org. Selected from their home page software [apache] and system [windows]. Then downloaded and installed certbot software found at the next page into my C drive.
Then from command line [cmd in Windows Start and then before you open cmd right click to run cmd as admin] I enhtered the command from Certbot page above. I.e. navigated to system32-- C:\WINDOWS\system32> certbot certonly --standalone
Then followed the prompts and enteredmy domain name. This created certs as cert1.pem and key1.pem in C:\Certbot yourwebsitedomain folder. the cmd windows tells you where these are.
Then took these and changed their names from cert1.pem to my domainname or shorter+cert.pem and same for domainname or shorter+key.key. Copied these into C:\xampp\apache\ssl.crt and ssl.key folders respectively.
Then for G:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts entered the following:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs/yourwebsitedomainname.hopto.org/public/" ###NB My document root is public.  Yours may not be.  Or could have an index.php page before /public###
    ServerName yourwebsitedomainnamee.hopto.org 
    <Directory G:/xampp/htdocs/yourwebsitedomainname.hopto.org>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog "G:/xampp/apache/logs/error.log"
    CustomLog "G:/xampp/apache/logs/access.log" common
    SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "G:\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.crt\abscert.pem"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "G:\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.key\abskey.pem"
</VirtualHost>

Then navigated to G:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf and did as was advised above. I missed this important step for days until I read this post. Thank you! I.e. entered

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs/yourwebsitedomainnamee.hopto.org/public/"
###NB My document root is public.  Yours may not be.  Or could have an index.php page before /public###
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/abscert.pem"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/abskey.pem"
CustomLog "G:/xampp/apache/logs/ssl_request.log" \
          "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>

Note1. I used www.noip.com to register the domain name. Note2. Rather then try to get them to give me a ssl certificate, as I could not get it to work, the above worked instead. Note3 I use the noip DUC software to keep my personally hosted web site in sync with noip. Note4. Very important to stop and start xampp server after each change you make in xampp. If xampp fails for some reason instead of starting the xampp consol try the start xampp as this will give you problems you can bug fix. Copy these quickly and paste into note.txt.

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configure SSL in xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhost conf  http   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs myproject web      ServerName www myurl com       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs myproject web  gt          Options All         AllowOverride All         Require all granted      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    https   lt VirtualHost   443 gt      DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs myproject web      ServerName www myurl com     SSLEngine on     SSLCertificateFile  conf ssl crt server crt       SSLCertificateKeyFile  conf ssl key server key       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs myproject web  gt          Options All         AllowOverride All         Require all granted      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    make sure server crt  amp  server key path given properly otherwise this will not work   don t forget to enable vhost in httpd conf    Virtual hosts Include etc extra httpd-vhosts conf

User · Answer

Found the answer  In the file xampp apache conf extra httpd-ssl conf  under the comment SSL Virtual Host Context pages on port 443 meaning https is looked up under different document root    Simply change the document root to the same one and problem is fixed

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There is a better guide here for Windows  https   shellcreeper com how-to-create-valid-ssl-in-localhost-for-xampp  Basic steps   Create an SSL certificate for your local domain using this  See more details in the link above https   gist github com turtlepod 3b8d8d0eef29de019951aa9d9dcba546 https   gist github com turtlepod e94928cddbfc46cfbaf8c3e5856577d0  Install this cert in Windows  Trusted Root Certification Authorities  See more details in the link above  Add the site in Windows hosts  C  Windows System32 drivers etc hosts  E g   127 0 0 1 site test  Add the site in XAMPP conf  C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf  E g     lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  quot C  xampp htdocs quot      ServerName site test     ServerAlias   site test   lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost   443 gt      DocumentRoot  quot C  xampp htdocs quot      ServerName site test     ServerAlias   site test     SSLEngine on     SSLCertificateFile  quot crt site test server crt quot      SSLCertificateKeyFile  quot crt site test server key quot    lt  VirtualHost gt    Restart Apache and your browser and it s done

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In case you are on Mac OS  catalina or mojave  and wants to enable HTTPS SSL on XAMPP for Mac  you need to enable the virtual host and use the default certificates included in XAMPP  On your httpd-vhosts conf file add a new vhost    lt VirtualHost   443 gt      ServerAdmin webmaster localhost com     DocumentRoot   Users your-user your-site      ServerName your-site local     SSLEngine on     SSLCertificateFile  etc ssl crt server crt       SSLCertificateKeyFile  etc ssl key server key       lt Directory   Users your-user your-site  gt          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews         AllowOverride All         Require all granted         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt

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You can also configure your SSL in xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhost conf like this    lt VirtualHost   443 gt      DocumentRoot C  xampp htdocs yourProject     ServerName yourProject whatever     SSLEngine on     SSLCertificateFile  conf ssl crt server crt      SSLCertificateKeyFile  conf ssl key server key   lt  VirtualHost gt    I guess  it s better not change it in the httpd-ssl conf if you have more than one project and you need SSL on more than one of them

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For XAMPP  do the following steps    G  xampp apache conf extra httpd-ssl conf  Search  DocumentRoot  text  Change DocumentRoot DocumentRoot  G  xampp htdocs  to DocumentRoot  G  xampp htdocs project name

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