manager redirects over SSL

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Andy Jones Reply #1, 9 years ago

Hi there,

I have just moved a site over to use HTTPS.
It's all working fine in the front end, so if a user types domain.com it redirects to https://www.domain.com

but if I type:
domain.com/manager

I can log in, but doesn't load the manager correctly.
When I check the URL, it hasn't redirected me to https://www.domain.com/manager

if I manually add https://www to the domain, it works fine.

Any ideas why it's not redirecting to the manager URL?

Thanks
Andy

This question has been answered by paulp. See the first response.

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Andy Tough Reply #2, 9 years ago

Could there be a .htaccess file in the Manager folder that is causing this?

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Andy Jones Reply #3, 9 years ago

Quote from: andytough at Sep 05, 2017, 08:07 AM

Could there be a .htaccess file in the Manager folder that is causing this?

Thanks...

There was an .htaccess file with:

RewriteEngine Off

Which I thought was the culprit - but I have already removed this, and it's still not working.

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Paulp Reply #4, 9 years ago

I moved one over to https a couple of days ago, try changing the link_tag_scheme system setting from -1 to https and make sure you have deleted everything in the core >> Cache folder and clear all browser cache

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Paulp Reply #5, 9 years ago

Also from the docs, try the following in you manager .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://yoursite.com/manager/

https://docs.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/security/hardening-modx-revolution

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Andy Jones Reply #6, 9 years ago

Quote from: paulp at Sep 05, 2017, 09:02 AM

Also from the docs, try the following in you manager .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://yoursite.com/manager/ 
https://docs.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/security/hardening-modx-revolution

Quote from: paulp at Sep 05, 2017, 08:54 AM

I moved one over to https a couple of days ago, try changing the link_tag_scheme system setting from -1 to https and make sure you have deleted everything in the core >> Cache folder and clear all browser cache

Thanks - I emptied the core/cache and it worked fine - I think it was the .htaccess file in the manager folder that was causing the issue - and although i had deleted it already, it was still cached.

Thanks!
Andy

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Andy Jones Reply #7, 9 years ago

Quote from: paulp at Sep 05, 2017, 09:02 AM

Also from the docs, try the following in you manager .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://yoursite.com/manager/ 
https://docs.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/security/hardening-modx-revolution

Out of interest, Is it best practise to HAVE the .htaccess file, but with the rules you pointed out - or is it not necessary to have one at all?

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Paulp Reply #8, 9 years ago

The htaccess file in the manager folder will only affect the manager and sub folders of the manager, so if everything is working without it there is no need for it.

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Andy Jones Reply #9, 9 years ago

Quote from: paulp at Sep 05, 2017, 09:24 AM

The htaccess file in the manager folder will only affect the manager and sub folders of the manager, so if everything is working without it there is no need for it.

Great thanks for clarifying

Andy

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webo880 Reply #10, 8 years, 6 months ago

I have been struggling with the same issue for days now, trying just about everything that has be suggested without success, then I found the revoSSL 1.0.3-pl extra which seems to have solved the problem entirely. Also had a problem with some pages, not the manager, reverting to http which was a real problem for the website. The revoSSL extra also includes the option to include a tv to force any website page/s to https.

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