How can I move a site to my laptop?

I want to install a backup of a life site to Local on my laptop. I’m using WPVivid Backup. The install went smooth, but once finished I get this error message:

This site can’t provide a secure connection

localhost sent an invalid response.
ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

There is no SSL, of course. It’s my localhost. I renamed the .htaccess but that didn’t help.
I checked the settings in Local, for SSL. This is grayed out with the message: Note! HTTPS is not available when using the localhost Routing Mode

How can I get my site working again?

Hi @josf

Did you try switching to Site Domains Router Mode? It might be the site is trying to load over HTTPS.

Yes, I did. But as I set it up for localhost, it gave me another error. I have a bunch of sites in my Local at my laptop. If I change, will that affect them? Or is that a setting for each individual site?

The error:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) Server at leeg.local Port 80

That seems to indicate there might be a port conflict going on. You could try checking your processes and see if there is anything you can kill. You could also just try doing a full reboot of your machine first too.

Are you running other developer applications simultaneously? That could also cause similar issues. Apps like MAMP, XAMPP, or Docker for example.

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