makecert.bat creates two files: the server certificate and the server private key and moves (stores) them under apache/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt and apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key. apache/makecert.bat is: @echo off set OPENSSL_CONF=./conf/openssl.cnf if not exist .\conf\ssl.crt mkdir .\conf\ssl.crt if not exist .\conf\ssl.key mkdir .\conf\ssl.key bin\openssl req -new -out server.csr bin\openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out server.key bin\openssl x509 -in server.csr -out server.crt -req -signkey server.key -days 365 set OPENSSL_CONF= del .rnd del privkey.pem del server.csr move /y server.crt .\conf\ssl.crt move /y server.key .\conf\ssl.key echo. echo ----- echo Das Zertifikat wurde erstellt. echo The certificate was provided. echo. pause