How do I use https (SSL) in XAMPP while using virtual hosts - apache

Question

I am writing a php app on my local machine and would like to test to see if SSL is working. Bear with me because this is the first time I've ever used SSL.
So far this is what I've done:
Created a SSL Certificate. I followed the first part of this this tutorial to create the certificate.
I imported the server.crt file into chrome.
Removed the semicolon in front of ;extension=php_openssl.dll in php.ini (reference)
Edited my httpd-vhosts.conf file based on this page. The relevant section of that file is below. This is the full file: http://pastebin.com/k6Jh2eR6
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_one"
ServerName project_one.localhost
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key"
<Directory "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_one">
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I would usually access my project by typing in http://project_one.localhost
When trying to access my project by typing https://project_one.localhost into chrome I automatically get forwarded to https://project_one.localhost/xampp/ (as if XAMPP doesn't recognize https://project_one.localhost as a subdomain at all and treats it as if I'm typing in https://localhost) Any idea where I'm screwing up?
NOTE:
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so was uncommented in httpd.conf file

Answer 1

SSL, of the HTTPS://url.here/ variety, is entirely handled by Apache and has nothing to do with PHP, or any of PHP's extensions/modules, or any php.ini settings.
A typical SSL Enabled VirtualHost looks like this and contains at least these parts...
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/webroot"
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/certs/public.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/certs/private.key"
<Directory "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/webroot">
Options All
AllowOverride All
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
(The paths above are from my WampDeveloper Pro set up, Xampp's will be slightly different)
Your <VirtualHost *> line is faulty. It needs a port number, which is always 443 for an HTTPS:// URL, in combination with either an IP address or a star before it. And if using a star, also a NameVirtualHost *:443 line...
NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:443
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_one"
ServerName project_one.localhost
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key"
<Directory "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_one">
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_two"
ServerName project_two.localhost
<Directory "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_two">
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Answer 2

Here is simple step.
Go to C:\xampp\apache\conf
Open httpd.conf
And enable the ssl extensions (Remove # from line)
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
Go to C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra
Open httpd-vhosts.conf
Add new virtual hosts or edit existing
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/PROJECTNAME"
ServerName www.pl.f24sdev.com
<Directory C:/xampp/htdocs/PROJECTPATH>
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key"
</VirtualHost>

Answer 3

This may be an old question, but i am putting my answer here anyway for future reference
i'm Using XAMPP 3.2.1, Compiled May,7 2013
to enable VirtualHost with SSL at the same time here is what i did. (I'm using windows 7)
your windows HOST file must already be setup
Go to httpd-ssl.conf located at xampp\apache\conf\extra
I just copied the _default_ virtualhost and added my config. I removed all comments for shorter one and pasted this just below the default virtualHost just change the DocumentRoot and servername then Restart apache.
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "***path/to/your/project}***"
ServerName ***yourdomain***
ServerAdmin admin#example.com
ErrorLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/error.log"
TransferLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/access.log"
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "C:/xampp/apache/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-5]" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>

Answer 4

Which version of Apache are you using ? NameVirtualHost is not available in 2.4 version.
Uncomment the line Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf in httpd.conf and add the following contents (fix the paths according to xampp's path). This will enable https://localhost
<IfModule ssl_module>
Listen 443
AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .crt
AddType application/x-pkcs7-crl .crlss phrase on stdout.
SSLPassPhraseDialog builtin
SSLSessionCache "shmcb:E:/PROGRA\~1/AMPPS/apache/logs/ssl_scache(512000)"
SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300
Mutex default
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
DocumentRoot "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/www"
ServerName localhost:443
ServerAdmin you#127.0.0.1
ErrorLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/ssl_error.log"
TransferLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/ssl_access.log"
SSLEngine on
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
SSLCertificateFile "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/conf/ssl_crt/server.crt"
#SSLCertificateFile "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/conf/server-dsa.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/conf/ssl_key/server.key"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/www/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
If you want other domain like project_one.localhost have secured http connection then add the following virtualhost in httpd.conf or httpd-vhosts.conf(must be included in httpd.conf)
<IfModule ssl_module>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:443>
<Directory "e:/program files/ampps/www/project_one.localhost">
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
allow from All
</Directory>
ServerName project_one.localhost
ServerAlias project_one.localhost
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "e:/program files/ampps/www/project_one.localhost/cgi-bin/"
DocumentRoot "e:/program files/ampps/www/project_one.localhost"
SSLEngine on
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
SSLCertificateFile "E:\Program Files\AMPPS/apache/conf/ssl_crt/project_one.localhost.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "E:\Program Files\AMPPS/apache/conf/ssl_key/project_one.localhost.key"
ErrorLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/project_one.localhost_ssl_error.log"
TransferLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/project_one.localhost_ssl_access.log"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "e:/program files/ampps/www/project_one.localhost/cgi-bin/">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog "E:/Program Files/AMPPS/apache/logs/project_one.localhost_ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
Note : You will have to add an entry in hosts file 127.0.0.1 project_one.localhost

Answer 5

# to use ssl
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/httpsProject"
DirectoryIndex index.php
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
<Directory "D:/xampp/htdocs/httpsProject"
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all grated
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>