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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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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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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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 gt  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     lt VirtualHost   443 gt      DocumentRoot  quot G  xampp htdocs yourwebsitedomainname hopto org public  quot     NB My document root is public   Yours may not be   Or could have an index php page before  public        ServerName yourwebsitedomainnamee hopto org       lt Directory G  xampp htdocs yourwebsitedomainname hopto org gt          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI         AllowOverride All         Require all granted      lt  Directory gt      ErrorLog  quot G  xampp apache logs error log quot      CustomLog  quot G  xampp apache logs access log quot  common     SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile  quot G  xampp apache conf ssl crt abscert pem quot  SSLCertificateKeyFile  quot G  xampp apache conf ssl key abskey pem quot   lt  VirtualHost gt            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   lt VirtualHost  default  443 gt  DocumentRoot  quot G  xampp htdocs yourwebsitedomainnamee hopto org public  quot     NB My document root is public   Yours may not be   Or could have an index php page before  public    SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile  quot conf ssl crt abscert pem quot  SSLCertificateKeyFile  quot conf ssl key abskey pem quot  CustomLog  quot G  xampp apache logs ssl request log quot               quot  t  h   SSL PROTOCOL x   SSL CIPHER x   quot  r  quot   b quot   lt  VirtualHost gt      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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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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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

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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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