Enabling SSL in MAMP

• Open /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf, Add the line

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

         or uncomment this out if already in the conf file

• Also add lines to listen on 80, if not there already

Listen 80 

ServerName localhost:80

• Open /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ssl.conf. Remove all lines as well as . Find the line defining SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile, set it to

SSLCertificateFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ssl/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ssl/server.key

• Create a new folder /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ssl. Drop into the terminal and navigate to the new folder

cd /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ssl

• Create a private key, giving a password

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024

• Remove the password

cp server.key server-pw.key openssl rsa -in server-pw.key -out server.key

• Create a certificate signing request, pressing return for default values

openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

• Create a certificate

openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt 

• Add the following virtual host definition in extra/httpd-ssl.conf (or wherever the ssl conf file is)

<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>

• Make sure we have the server listening in 443 for SSL, in the ssl config file

Listen 443

• Restart your server. If you encounter any problems check the system log file. The first time you visit https://localhost/ you will be asked to accept the certificate.