Installation Procedure

  1. Download the file OpenSSL-Win64.zip from the Path mentioned in the source field of SSL Package Requirements .
  2. Extract the contents of the zip file in the path C:\OpenSSL-Win64.
  3. Go to Control Panel  System and Security  System  Advanced System Settings. Click Environment Variables. A new dialog box appears. Click New under System Variables section.
  4. Set the system environment variable with name OPENSSL_HOME with the path as:
    C:\OpenSSL-Win64
  5. Set the system environment variable with name OPENSSL_CONF with the path as (.cnf):
    C:\OpenSSL-Win64\ssl\openssl.cnf
    Figure 1. SSL Package Installation
  6. Go to Control Panel  System and Security  System  Advanced System Settings. Click Environment Variables. A new dialog box appears.
  7. In the system environment variable name as “Path”, add the following:
    %OPENSSL_HOME%\bin
    Figure 2. SSL Package Installation (Cont.)
  8. Restart the Apache2.4 service. Expand the description of the Apache2.4 service. You can verify the OpenSSL version from the description.
    Figure 3. SSL Package Installation (Cont.)