title: Windows Apache SSL Configuration not loading page
body: <p>I am trying to configure Apache SSL on Windows for the first time and I am having some configuration nightmare. 
  Here is how I generated a crt and key file for a wildcard certificate:</p>
  
  <p>copied openssl.cnf file to Apache24/bin directory and issued the following commands:</p>
  
  <pre><code>openssl req -config openssl.cnf -new -out mycooldomain.csr -keyout mycooldomain.pem
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For the common name, I entered *.mycooldomain.com
  This generated me the .pem file</p>
  
  <p>Then next command to give me .key file</p>
  
  <pre><code>openssl rsa -in mycooldomain.pem -out mycooldomain.key
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The following command generates the .crt file</p>
  
  <pre><code>openssl x509 -sha512 -in mycooldomain.csr -out mycooldomain.crt -req -signkey mycooldomain.key -days 3650
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I enabled mod_ssl in httpd.conf by removing # in front of it</p>
  
  <pre><code>LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I double clicked on crt file to install it in Trusted Root CA and it installed successfully</p>
  
  <p>Here is my virtualhost configurations:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:443&gt;
      ServerAdmin name@mycooldomain.org
      DocumentRoot "C:\htdocs\coolsites\upgrade"
      ServerName upgrade.mycooldomain.com:443 
      ErrorLog "C:\Apache24\logs\upgrade-mycooldomain-com-error_log"
      CustomLog "C:\Apache24\logs\upgrade-mycooldomain-com-access_log" common
      SSLEngine on
      SSLCertificateFile "C:/Apache24/conf/certificates/mycooldomain.crt"
      SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/Apache24/conf/certificates/mycooldomain.key"      
  
       &lt;Directory "C:\htdocs\coolsites\upgrade"&gt;  
          RewriteEngine On                
          Allow From All  
       &lt;/Directory&gt;   
  &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>restarted the apache service afterwords</p>
  
  <p>I also checked the firewall for port 443. Since it is local server, Apache is allowed on all tcp and udp ports.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to load the site <a href="https://upgrade.mycooldomain.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://upgrade.mycooldomain.com</a> it just say that it can't load the siite
  Any help regarding this is appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>