Setting up SSL on a local xampp apache server

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I m trying to access a Active Directory from my local webserver  To do this I m using the latest version of xampp and a PHP script called adLDAP  If I understand things right  I need to enable SSL to access https URLs  I ve tried to google it but with no luck    Could anyone link a tutorial or explain to me how to install SSL on xampp apache for windows 7 64bit  Any help would be appreciated

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Apache part - enabling you to open https://localhost/xyz

There is the config file xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf which contains all the ssl specific configuration. It's fairly well documented, so have a read of the comments and take look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ssl/. The files starts with <IfModule ssl_module>, so it only has an effect if the apache has been started with its mod_ssl module.

Open the file xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf in an editor and search for the line

#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

remove the hashmark, save the file and re-start the apache. The webserver should now start with xampp's basic/default ssl confguration; good enough for testing but you might want to read up a bit more about mod_ssl in the apache documentation.

PHP part - enabling adldap to use ldap over ssl

adldap needs php's openssl extension to use "ldap over ssl" connections. The openssl extension ships as a dll with xampp. You must "tell" php to load this dll, e.g. by having an extension=nameofmodule.dll in your php.ini
Run

echo 'ini: ', get_cfg_var('cfg_file_path');

It should show you which ini file your php installation uses (may differ between the php-apache-module and the php-cli version).
Open this file in an editor and search for

;extension=php_openssl.dll

remove the semicolon, save the file and re-start the apache.

see also: http://docs.php.net/install.windows.extensions

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I did all of the suggested stuff here and my code still did not work because I was using curl  If you are using curl in the php file  curl seems to reject all ssl traffic by default  A quick-fix that worked for me was to add   curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT SSL VERIFYPEER  false     before calling    curl exec      in the php file   I believe that this disables all verification of SSL certificates

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I did most of the suggested stuff here  still didnt work  Tried this and it worked  Open your XAMPP Control Panel  locate the Config button for the Apache module  Click on the Config button and Select PHP  php ini   Open with any text editor and remove the semi-column before php openssl  Save and Restart Apache  That should do

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It turns out that OpenSSL is compiled and enabled in php 5 3 of XAMPP 1 7 2 and so no longer requires a separate extension dll     However  you STILL need to enable it in your PHP ini file the line extension php openssl dll

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You can enable SSL on XAMPP by creating self signed certificates and then installing those certificates  Type the below commands to generate and move the certificates to ssl folders      openssl genrsa -des3 -out server key 1024      openssl req -new -key server key -out server csr      cp server key server key org      openssl rsa -in server key org -out server key      openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server csr -signkey server key -out server crt      cp server crt  opt lampp etc ssl crt domainname crt      cp server key  opt lampp etc ssl key domainname key    Use sudo with each command if you are not the super user   Now  Check that mod ssl is enabled in  XAMPP HOME  etc httpd conf      LoadModule ssl module modules mod ssl so   Add a virtual host  in this example  localhost domainname com  by editing  XAMPP HOME  etc extra httpd-ssl conf as follows    lt virtualhost 127 0 1 4 443 gt      ServerName localhost domainname com     ServerAlias localhost domainname com   localhost domainname com     ServerAdmin admin localhost      DocumentRoot   opt lampp htdocs        DirectoryIndex index php      ErrorLog  opt lampp logs domainname local error log     CustomLog  opt lampp logs domainname local access log combined      SSLEngine on     SSLCipherSuite ALL  ADH  EXPORT56 RC4 RSA  HIGH  MEDIUM  LOW  SSLv2  EXP  eNULL     SSLCertificateFile  opt lampp etc ssl crt domainname crt     SSLCertificateKeyFile  opt lampp etc ssl key domainname key       lt directory  opt lampp htdocs  gt              Options Indexes FollowSymLinks             AllowOverride All             Order allow deny             Allow from all      lt  directory gt      BrowserMatch    MSIE    nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1 0 force-response-1 0  lt  virtualhost gt    Add the following entry to  etc hosts   127 0 1 4 localhost domainname com   Now  try installing the certificate  try importing certificate to browser  I have checked this and this worked on Ubuntu

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I have been through all the answers and tutorials over the internet but here are the basic steps to enable SSL  https  on localhost with XAMPP   Required    Run -   C  xampp apache makecert bat   double-click on windows  Fill passowords of your choice  hit Enter for everything BUT define  localhost     Be careful when asked here   Common Name  e g  server FQDN or YOUR name     localhost   Certificates are issued per domain name zone only   Restart apache Chrome -  Settings -  Search  Certificate  -  Manage Certificates -  Trusted Root Certification Authorities -  Import -   C  xampp apache conf ssl crt server crt  -  Must Ask  YES  for confirmation  https   localhost testssl php -   OK  Now Green    any html test file    Optional   if above doesn t work  do more of these steps    Run XAMPP As admin  Start -  XAMPP -  right-click -  Run As Administrator  XAMPP -  Apache -  Config -  httpd conf   C  xampp apache conf httpd conf    LoadModule ssl module modules mod ssl so  remove   form the start of line  XAMPP -  Apache -  Config -  php ini   C  xampp php php ini    extension php openssl dll  remove   from the start of line  Restart apache and chrome       Check any problems or the status of your certificate       Chrome -  F12 -  Security -  View Certificate

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