How to switch to SSL

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mewolari Reply #1, 11 years, 4 months ago

Good evening,

I'm about to switch one of my sites to SSL.

I've already searched for more information, but all I could find was

https://www.markhamstra.com/modx/2012/07/3-tips-for-serving-a-modx-site-over-ssl/

.

Any do's and/or dont's when going from HTTP to HTTPS?

Thanks in advance!

This question has been answered by michelle84. See the first response.

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michelle84 Reply #2, 11 years, 4 months ago

Not really more that the ones you find in Mark's blog. I've done a couple of HTTP > HTTPS switches, and all went well.

Also, add to your htaccess the following:

# Redirect all "not correct" domain to www with https
# (is not important if comes with or without https):
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mysite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

# Redirect all non-ssl to ssl
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mysite.com/$1 [R,L]

If you run into problems, let us know!

http://www.vierkante-meter.nl

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mewolari Reply #3, 11 years, 4 months ago

Thanks for your answer Michelle.

I suppose that a normal certificate with only domain validation is fine or should I use another one to work with MODX?

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michelle84 Reply #4, 11 years, 4 months ago

Yes, that should be fine. It's just about how much you/your client wants to spend, and how much you/your client wants a visitor to feel 'safe' on your site.

I mostly use the cheap GeoTrust RapidSSL for sites with low value. Maybe for a huge webshop I'll use the more expensive ones.

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mewolari Reply #5, 11 years ago

Looks like it is not working.

When I paste your code in htaccess, I get loop errors in the browser.

Now the code in my htaccess is:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.nmldesign\.nl [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.nmldesign.nl/$1 [R=301,L]

That is working fine, only [[!++site_url]] is still pointing to http://www.nmldesign.nl/ and not httpS://www.nmldesign.nl/

Any ideas?

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