How can I open port 443 in Mac OS X 10.6?

I have a local apache running on my macbook pro and I need to run a SSL website on the local host. I have everything configured in Apache, but can't open port 443 on mac. I tried to add ipfw rule to allow 443 but it doesn't work.

Solution 1:

make sure 443 accessible from local and configured.

$ netstat -an|grep 443

allow 443 in ipfw

$ sudo ipfw add allow tcp from any to any 443

Solution 2:

Open file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Look for line with listen 80

Add line listen 443

Save and restart apache using apachectl graceful

Check for any error in http.conf using apachectl configtest

Thank Bob at https://bobcares.com/blog/apache-not-listening-on-port-443/