SSL: Always redirect to secure site not workin?

[jking]

Bruce,

     I'm testing redirecting with the Always SSL example app and my own app.  The "Always Redirect to a Secure Site" does not seem to be working in either app.  I use http://127.0.0.1:88 and expect the example app (web9) to be redirected to the secure site https://127.0.0.1:881 but I get "Unable to connect" in FireFox and "cannot display webpage" in IE9.  My firewall is set to allow web9 on both a public and private network.  Any known issues or recommendations?

Thanks,

Jeff King

[Bruce]

Hi Jeff,

Good question - because the answer is somewhat generic.
When SSL doesn't work, turn off "Suppress Errors" and see what it says.

cheers
Bruce

[Bruce]

what you'll see is a "failed to load certificate" error - I've updated the SSL examples in 6.19 to avoid that.

cheers
Bruce

[jking]

Bruce,

     I confirmed that when I turn off "suppress errors" I get the error message you mentioned.  However, it seems this is due to the certificates folder, with your settings.crt, not being present in the example app.  So I added my own self-signed SSL certificate and redirection does seem to work as expected. 
     Sorry, my mistake, I should have checked for the certificates folder first.  I'll wait for the 6.19 update and test again with my own app.

Thanks,

Jeff

[Bruce]

6.19 is up.