ubuntu, nginx, wordpress and godaddy ssl

June 18, 2013 3.3k views
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I can activate the ssl cert but I can't seem to redirect wordpress to https properly. I have tried with .htaccess > no luck, I tried with a https redirect in a virtual host (sites-availible) still no luck... Any takers?
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kamaln7 MOD June 18, 2013
Can you access https://yourdomain? Please pastebin the .htaccess file where you tried to set up redirection rules.
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local8 June 18, 2013
yes the site works directly via https and the latest htacces I tried was http://pastebin.com/7cHeV5YK. On http I'm getting 400 "The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port"
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kamaln7 MOD June 18, 2013
Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled: ("sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo service apache2 restart")

Try this in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Also make sure AllowOverride is set to All in your virtualhost config.
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local8 June 18, 2013
Thanks, but Im using wordpress on nginx without apache installed
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local8 June 19, 2013
I solved my ssl issue by copying the working http block settings into the https server block and all is well now, thx again
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kamaln7 MOD June 19, 2013
.htaccess doesn't work with nginx - I thought you were using Apache.
I'm glad to hear you got it working properly! :]
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