The post is to instruct you how to install SSL on localhost with Xampp and Windows

Important! You need to have 2 files cert.conf and makecert.bat, please download the files here.

Step 1

Put cert.conf and makecert.bat in xampp/apache/crt (Please create crt folder before that)

Step 2

Open makecert.bat file and enter your information it like below images:

You can enter your domain name as you expected, in this example, we use domain name as site.local

site.local folder is generated automatically with 2 files in there (server.crt, server.key)

Step 3

Open server.crt file in xampp\apache\crt\site.local  and do the steps as below images:

click on Next then Finish

Step 4

Edit httpd-xapp.conf in xampp\apache\conf\extra

add the scripts at the bottom of the file like below scripts:

 

 

	DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs"
	ServerName site.local
	ServerAlias *.site.local



	DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs"
	ServerName site.local
	ServerAlias *.site.local
	SSLEngine On
	SSLCertificateFile "crt/site.local/server.crt"
	SSLCertificateKeyFile "crt/site.local/server.key"

 

Step 5

Edit hosts file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Add line site.local      127.0.0.1