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

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.

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Answer 1

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)

1. your windows HOST file must already be setup
2. 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.

    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"

    
        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
    
    
        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
    

    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"