# Help turn on ssl

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-turn-on-ssl/156646>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 31, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-turn-on-ssl/156646 "2008-12-31T09:44:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![gilbertsavier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@gilbertsavier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilbertsavier)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-turn-on-ssl/156646/1 "2008-12-31T09:44:38Z")

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Greetings to you all. I am trying to delop a site and wanted users to  
login seusurely over ssl. I am using rails 1.8.6 and when ever I try  
to configure the apache server using this code, it stopes giving me a  
spelling error or code not suitable

Thisis the code I use to cinfigure the apche server to access the page  
called “user/login”

in the httpd.config i use,

\<virtualHost \*:433\>  
SSLEngine on  
RequestHeader set user/login “https”

I also put this code int he application\_controller

def ssl\_required?  
true  
end

Then I call ssl\_required on different controllers i want ot secure

## for example ssl\_required :login

Love is the greatest

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**Author:** ![gilbertsavier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@gilbertsavier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilbertsavier)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-turn-on-ssl/156646/2 "2009-01-01T11:35:39Z")

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Hi,

In your httpd.conf add this line under VirtualHost:443 block

Then your VirtualHost looks like below:

\<virtualHost \*:433\>  
SSLEngine on  
RequestHeader set X\_FORWARDED\_PROTO ‘https’

And remove def ssl\_required? from application\_controller.rb

Restart apache.

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Gilbert Gift S.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> in the httpd.config i use,  
> end
> 
> Then I call ssl\_required on different controllers i want ot secure
> 
> ## for example ssl\_required :login
> 
> Love is the greatest
> 
> >

–  
Ramu