{"id":6727,"date":"2023-05-11T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:47:32","slug":"ssl-certificate-renewal-when-using-xampp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/ssl-certificate-renewal-when-using-xampp\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL Certificate renewal when using XAMPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Download win-acme tool from the link https:\/\/www.win-acme.com\/<\/li>\n<li>Extract and it and go to the following location<\/li>\n<li>C:\\win-acme.v2\\<\/li>\n<li>Right click on the file Wacs.exe and choose Run as administrator<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SSL1.png\" alt=\"SSL1\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A terminal window will appear<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SSL2.png\" alt=\"terminal window\" width=\"558\" height=\"268\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Choose option M from the list to generate new ssl certificates and follow below steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cM\u201d &#8211; Create new certificate<\/li>\n<li>\u201c1\u201d &#8211; Manually input host names<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnter your domain name here\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnter\u201d &#8211; Just click enter to confirm again<\/li>\n<li>\u201c5\u201d &#8211; Save file on local or network path<\/li>\n<li>\u201cC:\\xampp\\htdocs\u201d &#8211; Your site root folder<\/li>\n<li>\u201cy\u201d &#8211; Default config settings<\/li>\n<li>\u201c2\u201d &#8211; Choosing CSR<\/li>\n<li>\u201c3\u201d- Write .pem files<\/li>\n<li>\u201cc:\\apache-certs\u201d &#8211; The reason we created the folder.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c3\u201d &#8211; No extra steps<\/li>\n<li>\u201c1\u201d &#8211; No extra steps<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnter email\u201d &#8211; Enter your email address for notifications<\/li>\n<li>\u201cY\u201d &#8211; docs agreement<\/li>\n<li>\u201cY\u201d &#8211; agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your SSL Files should now be created and placed in your \u201cC:\\apache-certs\u201d folder and you see something like this on your console:<\/p>\n<h2>Configuring Apache<\/h2>\n<p>To use certificates obtained using WACS with the Apache 2.4 server, you have to make settings in <em>Apache\\conf\\extra\\httpd-vhosts.conf<\/em> file; you could also make these changes in the <em>\\Apache24\\conf\\extra\\httpd-ssl.conf<\/em> file as well instead if you so wish but I will only be covering \u201chttpd-vhosts.conf\u201d:<br \/>\nDefine CERTROOT \u201cC:\\apache-certs\u201d<br \/>\nUse the exact path for ssl obtained<br \/>\nNow your website should have the \u201cGreen Lock\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When renewing your certificate follow below steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right click on the file Wacs.exe and choose Run as administrator<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SSL3.png\" alt=\"Wacs.exe\" width=\"517\" height=\"370\" \/><\/li>\n<li>A terminal window will appear<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SSL4.png\" alt=\"terminal window will appear\" width=\"562\" height=\"257\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Type A and enter<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SSL5.png\" alt=\"Type A and enter\" width=\"609\" height=\"482\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Stop Apache from the xampp control and choose option R from the terminal and enter<\/li>\n<li>After the renewal again, restart the apache server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Now your website should have the <strong>\u201cGreen Lock\u201d<\/strong> again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><em>The English language is the most widely used language as a medium of communication around the world. 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StudySection provides an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/english-language-advanced\">English certification exam<\/a> that tests English language proficiency in English grammar, reading, and writing.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[863,103],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SSL Certificate renewal when using XAMPP - StudySection Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your SSL Certificate Files should now be created and placed in your folder and you see something like this on your console\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/ssl-certificate-renewal-when-using-xampp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SSL Certificate renewal when using XAMPP - 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