HTTPS Configuration on XAMPP for Windows

Settings for XAMPP on Windows

Port 443 is used for HTTPS (SSL/TLS). To access a site using https://, a server certificate must be available on the server.

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 ^
-newkey rsa:2048 ^
-keyout server.key ^
-out server.crt ^
-config xampp/apache/conf/openssl.cnf

After executing the above command, the following files are generated:

File	Description
server.crt	Server certificate
server.key	Server private key
privkey.pem	Server private key (PEM format)

Server Certificate

A web server provides its certificate to clients to prove its identity.

Server Private Key

A client sends data encrypted with the server's public key.
The server decrypts the data using its private key.

On XAMPP

• Place server.key in xampp/apache/conf/ssl.key
• Place server.crt in xampp/apache/conf/ssl.crt