Getting Apache SSL working locally

ssl.md

Lovingly skimmed from this guide

1. Find your local host name, and hang onto it for later use

$ hostname

2. Create a self-signed SSL cert:

openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -sha1 -newkey rsa:1024 -nodes \
-keyout server.key -out server.crt -subj \
'/O=Company/OU=Department/CN=[Your Hostname here]'

3. Make server.* root readable, and move them to your apache config directory:

chmod 600 server.*
mv server.* /your/apache/conf/dir

3. Add the following to your Apache hosts file:

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
Listen 443
ServerName [Your Hostname here]

5. Add a vhost for each site you'll be working with:

<virtualhost *:443>
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile "/your/apache/conf/dir/server.crt"
  SSLCertificateKeyFile "/your/apache/conf/dir/server.key"

  DocumentRoot /Users/dev/Sites/[site name]
  ServerName local.[site name].com
  ErrorLog /Users/dev/Sites/log/[site name]_error_log
</virtualhost>

Understandably, given my preferences, this is gonna work best with ✨MacPorts✨. Let me know if you guys try this with any other package management systems.