- Download win-acme tool from the link https://www.win-acme.com/
- Extract and it and go to the following location
- C:\win-acme.v2\
- Right click on the file Wacs.exe and choose Run as administrator
- A terminal window will appear
Choose option M from the list to generate new ssl certificates and follow below steps:
- “M” – Create new certificate
- “1” – Manually input host names
- “Enter your domain name here”
- “Enter” – Just click enter to confirm again
- “5” – Save file on local or network path
- “C:\xampp\htdocs” – Your site root folder
- “y” – Default config settings
- “2” – Choosing CSR
- “3”- Write .pem files
- “c:\apache-certs” – The reason we created the folder.
- “3” – No extra steps
- “1” – No extra steps
- “Enter email” – Enter your email address for notifications
- “Y” – docs agreement
- “Y” – agreement
Your SSL Files should now be created and placed in your “C:\apache-certs” folder and you see something like this on your console:
Configuring Apache
To use certificates obtained using WACS with the Apache 2.4 server, you have to make settings in Apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf file; you could also make these changes in the \Apache24\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf file as well instead if you so wish but I will only be covering “httpd-vhosts.conf”:
Define CERTROOT “C:\apache-certs”
Use the exact path for ssl obtained
Now your website should have the “Green Lock”.
When renewing your certificate follow below steps
- Right click on the file Wacs.exe and choose Run as administrator
- A terminal window will appear
- Type A and enter
- Stop Apache from the xampp control and choose option R from the terminal and enter
- After the renewal again, restart the apache server.
Now your website should have the “Green Lock” again.
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