In this blog you will learn step by step how to configure HTTPS using SSL certificate on WAMP local server at any of your project.

Here you will also learn how to serve your local websites with domains names like project1.com project2.com or for detailed virtual-host configuration go to my another blog create-virtual-hosts-apache-wamp-xamp

lets start HTTPS SSL configuration.

1. Requirements for SSL configuration

   You should have below 2 certificate files

   1. Certificate.cer or certificate.crt
   2. private.key

   If you already have certificate files then skip steps [2,3,4] and just to step#5 .

2. Install openSSL

   Install open SSL from Here

3. Generate Private key

   Open terminal as an Administrator and goto openssl installation path by typing below commad

   cd C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin then enter below command and enter a password 2 times openssl genrsa -aes256 -out private.key 2048 and then enter below command and enter same password you entered in previous step. openssl rsa -in private.key -out private.key

4. Create SSL Certificate

   Enter below command and enter real or dummy company information

   openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -key private.key -out certificate.crt -days 36500

   You have to provide below information

   Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:AE State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Abu Dhabi Locality Name (eg, city) []:Madinat Zayed Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:alampk.com Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:IT Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:alampk.com Email Address []:alamnaryab@gmail.com

5. Move SSL Certificate files

   copy both certificate files to D:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.46\conf

6. Changes in httpd.conf

   open httpd.conf file from D:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.46\conf\httpd.conf and uncomment below lines

   LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so

7. Changes in httpd-ssl.conf

   Open httpd-ssl.conf file from D:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.46\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf and update the following linkes as per path where you have pasted 2 certificate files.

   DocumentRoot "${INSTALL_DIR}/www" ServerName localhost:443 ServerAdmin alamnaryab@gmail.com SSLCertificateKeyFile "${SRVROOT}/conf/key/private.key" SSLCertificateFile "${SRVROOT}/conf/key/certificate.crt" SSLSessionCache "shmcb:${SRVROOT}/logs/ssl_scache(512000)" CustomLog "${SRVROOT}/logs/ssl_request.log" \ "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"

8. Make a virtual host

   SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile "${SRVROOT}/conf/key/certificate.crt" SSLCertificateKeyFile "${SRVROOT}/conf/key/private.key" ServerName mydomain.com ServerAlias mydomain.com DocumentRoot "D:\wamp64\www\myproject" Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted

9. Changes in Host file

   Open notepad with Run as Administrator and open host file from C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc
   add below line, note domain name must be same as you mentioned in vhosts file

   127.0.0.1 mydomain.com

10. Restart WAMP Server

11. Test websites

    try opening your website in browser with https protocol eg

    https://mydomain.com

12. Errors Handling

    If there is any error you can find it by any of below methods

    1. In CMD goto D:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.46\bin and run httpd -t
    2. Check log files
    3. I faced an issue that was because of forward-slash instead of back-slah as path separator. So use (/ instead of \) in certificate paths in vhost file
    4. Google or commenting your error in this blog