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Hi guys,
When i try to start the apache server, the following message appears: [ssl:warn] [pid :tid ] : www.example.com:: server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Either simply remove the example code from the SSL configuration, or buy a real certificate. Why do you want to "fix" that? Is anything going wrong or what?

The apache server will not start because of this issue. That is why I want to fix it. Hopefully removing the code form the ssl configuration helps!

Sorry, but this is simply wrong. Apache can start very well with this warning appearling.
If your Apache refuses to start you are searching for the wrong issue.

Interesting because this is the only error I can when I try to start the apache server. Do you know what the issue could be?

Ever tried to start Apache in the Windows command line to see what it responses?
You can simply execute the script apache_start.bat which comes with each XAMPP installation.

jim_W wrote:The apache server will not start because of this issue. That is why I want to fix it. Hopefully removing the code form the ssl configuration helps!

Especially if you add you own ssl virtual domains. The server will not start. These example.com entries must be deleted.

(In the next install the example.com stuff should be ##)

Considering any self-signed cert is going to make noise on all browsers, does it really matter? If you hate the extra noise in the error log, just set mod_ssl logging to info or higher. Nice thing about 2.4 is that it's now possible to do per module loglevels.

LogLevel warn ssl:info