apache - Configuring MAMP for SSL

Question

Ok fellow coders, I am trying to configure MAMP with SSL on my mac for development purposes. I have read and tried the following instructions:
http://www.emersonlackey.com/article/mamp-with-ssl-https http://www.webopius.com/content/355/getting-mamp-working-with-ssl-on-os-x

with no luck. I can hit either 127.0.0.1 or localhost with http but both https://localhost and https://127.0.0.1 return host not found error.

looking at phpinfo, i can't see mod_ssl being loaded.

has anyone done this with os x 10.6.7? i have no idea where to go from here.

hope someone can help.

thanks

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the following are the changes i have made to the config files to get https working. Please follow the tuts listed above to get the certificate/key created and the password removed (as also mentioned by @dallas below).

httpd.conf

Comment out the ifdef to make sure LoadModule is executed

#<IfDefine SSL>
    LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
#</IfDefine>

make sure the following is in the file...

Listen 80
ServerName localhost:80

ssl.conf

Add the following ....

<VirtualHost localhost:443>
    DocumentRoot /Users/myname/Documents/DevProjects/WebdevProjects
    ServerName localhost
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/ssl/server.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/ssl/server.key
</VirtualHost>

before the existing

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

server.crt and server.key are the newly created ones as per the obove tuts' links.

Comment out

#<IfDefine SSL> 

around line 35 and its closing tag around line 245 to enable the line...

Listen 443

in between, update all certificate references to the newly created files as per the above VirtualHost definition.

Answer 1

If you're using MAMP 3 or 4 the instructions are slightly different. Here's what worked for me, starting from a fresh install of MAMP 3.0.5 on Mavericks without Pro.

Update: Still works on Yosemite after fixing Apache as described in this answer.

Further Update: Comments suggest this still works at least through MAMP 5.4.

Generate the certificate

This part is straight from the tutorials, so if you already did it you can skip to "Set up MAMP".

Use the terminal to generate a private key in your default folder:

cd ~
# generate a private key
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048
# make up a passphrase and remember it, you’ll need it 3 more times.

# generate certificate signing request
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
# same password
# answer the questions, use "localhost" for your Common Name
Country Name: US
State Name: California
Locality: My City
Organization: My Company
Organization Unit Name: # leave blank
Common Name: localhost
Email address: [email protected]
A challenge password: # leave blank
An optional company name: # leave blank

# generate the certificate from the CSR for 5 years
openssl x509 -req -days 1825 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

# remove the password requirement from the server key
cp server.key server.tmp
openssl rsa -in server.tmp -out server.key

Set up MAMP 3.0.5

Here's where the instructions from previous versions are a little off. The filenames and locations changed and some of the commands in the conf files are different. The following is what worked for me on a fresh install of MAMP 3.0.5.

Move the certificate files (server.key and server.crt) to:

/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/

Open Apache's httpd.conf file:

/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf

# set your listen port to 80 (near the top of the file)
Listen 80

# set your ServerName to localhost:80 (default is 8888)
ServerName localhost:80

# uncomment the line that includes the secure (SSL/TLS) connection conf
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Save it and close. Now open Apache's ssl conf file:

/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Find the <VirtualHost> entry (big block at the end of the file starting with <VirtualHost _default_:443> and ending with </VirtualHost>) and replace the entire thing with:

<VirtualHost *:443>
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/server.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/server.key
</VirtualHost>

Save and close. Start your MAMP server. You should be able to access your document root at http://localhost and https://localhost.