Virtual host, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, How to

Windows

Look for httpd.conf and add the following line at the bottom:

IncludeOptional "c:/amp/vhosts/*"

Now, go to c:/amp/vhosts and create a file named vhosts.conf.

> cd c:/amp/vhosts
> cd. > vhosts.conf

Open vhosts.conf in a text editor then add in the following virtual hosts.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot "C:\\amp\\www"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com.local
    DocumentRoot "C:\\Path\\to\\project\\public\\directory"
    <Directory />
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    # Redirect all http requests to its https counterpart
	Redirect permanent / https://example.com.local/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com.local
    DocumentRoot "C:\\Path\\to\\project\\public\\directory"
    <Directory />
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    # Enables HTTPS
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile "C:\\Path\\to\\public\\key"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:\\Path\\to\\private\\key"
</VirtualHost>

Also, add in the website domain to the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts). Note that modifying this file requires admin rights.

> cd "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc"
> notepad hosts

Add in the following line:

127.0.0.1    example.com.local

Finally, restart the Apache webserver and check example.com.local in your browser. If using a self-signed certificate, the browser should intercept the request with a page saying something like "The site's security certificate is not trusted!". Proceed anyway, and done.

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