# Https problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 7, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380 "2008-10-07T23:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/1 "2008-10-07T23:06:23Z")
I’m having a problem but don’t know what is causing it so I don’t know exactly where to post, please bear with me. I’m trying to set up https access however whenever I go to https://url\_for\_site the root route renders but the url is rewritten to http://url\_for\_site. The ssl request shows in the apache logs but obviously no further ssl requests show up. I’ve tried several tutorials and ideas and nothing I do makes any difference. I’m using Apache 2.2 with Mongrel on Windows. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Glen ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/2 "2008-10-08T00:55:24Z")
Please post your https virtualhost… Do you have any .htaccess files anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/3 "2008-10-08T16:07:48Z")
ServerName cnm746852.techno.tvinet:443 ServerAdmin removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid TransferLog "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation \Apache2.2\logs\ssl\_transfer.log" ErrorLog "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\logs \ssl\_error.log" CustomLog "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\logs \ssl\_access.log" combined ProxyPass / [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) ProxyPassReverse / [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) SSLEngine on RequestHeader set X\_FORWARDED\_PROTO ‘https’ SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW: +SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL SSLCertificateFile “C:/Documents and Settings\glen\workspace \user\_accounts\host.cert” SSLCertificateKeyFile “C:/Documents and Settings\glen\workspace \user\_accounts\host.key” \ SSLOptions +StdEnvVars \ SSLOptions +StdEnvVars BrowserMatch “._MSIE._” nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0 CustomLog “C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/ logs/ssl\_request.log” “%t %h %{SSL\_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL\_CIPHER}x "%r" %b” I haven’t created any .htaccess files so if any they are defaults in default locations. ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/4 "2008-10-20T18:41:48Z")
Well, I seem to be running in circles. I’ll try posting to the mongrel list maybe the problem lies there? ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/5 "2008-10-20T21:57:55Z")
Sorry was away… Do you have any rails plugins installed? If you try [https://yourhost/images/someimage.jpg](https://yourhost/images/someimage.jpg) does that serve the image in https? Is there anything in the rails log about redirect? or maybe the apache logs? ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/6 "2008-10-21T20:58:06Z")
On Oct 20, 1:57 pm, Freddy A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sorry was away… Do you have any rails plugins installed? > > If you tryhttps://yourhost/images/someimage.jpgdoes that serve the > image in https? > > Is there anything in the rails log about redirect? or maybe the apache > logs? Yes to all three. I have will\_paginate installed. Although as a gem not “as a plugin” images are served in https and in the log I get the following: Redirected to http:// ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/7 "2008-10-21T22:07:36Z")
Glen could you post the entire message including the initial request from the rails log. ---
**Author:** ![Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380/8 "2008-10-21T22:15:13Z")
Nevermind, that was a redirect due to a session timeout. Here is the rails log when I request the main page without the timeout issue (it still doesn’t render https without the timeout): Rendering C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.1.0/lib/ action\_controller/templates/rescues/layout.erb (not\_found) Processing AuthenticationController#start (for 10.131.12.17 at 2008-10-21 14:10:55) [GET] Session ID: 3df2ea2f70658b7e93b5f98d08b2b743 Parameters: {“action”=\>“start”, “controller”=\>“authentication”} Rendering template within layouts/authentication Rendering authentication/start Completed in 0.01600 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01600 (100%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [[http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/](http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/)] Processing AuthenticationController#start (for 10.131.12.17 at 2008-10-21 14:12:19) [GET] Session ID: 3df2ea2f70658b7e93b5f98d08b2b743 Parameters: {“action”=\>“start”, “controller”=\>“authentication”} Redirected to [http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/](http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/) Filter chain halted as [:ensure\_proper\_protocol] rendered\_or\_redirected. Completed in 0.00010 (10000 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 302 Found [[https://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/](https://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/)] Processing AuthenticationController#start (for 10.131.12.17 at 2008-10-21 14:12:22) [GET] Session ID: 3df2ea2f70658b7e93b5f98d08b2b743 Parameters: {“action”=\>“start”, “controller”=\>“authentication”} Rendering template within layouts/authentication Rendering authentication/start Completed in 0.01600 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00000 (0%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [[http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/](http://cnm746852.techno.tvinet/)]