A Post Installation Problem

I have tested the security integrity of my website, "iridiumpc.duckdns.org" against the, "whynopadlock.com" website test and I came out pretty well for a noob I think.

I have two outstanding issues though and I am seeking to remediate them.  The question I have for the group has to do with displaying content via https rather than http and apparently the answer is so simple that I completely fail to understand.  I am told, "just add an, "s" to, 'http."  OK.

Would somebody please tell me how to add this, "s" to, "http?"  Go to what file folder where and change what?

 

Thank you very much in advance for your assistance and very best regards...

  • You didn't mention your Elgg version.

    For Elgg 3 you must change the website URL in the elgg-config/settings.php file.

    Change value for $CONFIG->wwwroot on https://iridiumpc.duckdns.org

  • The question I have for the group has to do with displaying content via https rather than http and apparently the answer is so simple that I completely fail to understand.  I am told, "just add an, "s" to, 'http."  OK.

    The easy answer is indeed add an 's' to http, just like Nikolai described. However your webserver needs to have a valid SSL certificate otherwise the browsers of your visitors will complain that the connection isn't secure.

    Depending on your hosting solution this could already be the case (most hosted solutions offer SSL certificates these days). But if you handle your own server this could take a little bit more time than just 'add an s to http'.

    For Elgg 3 you must change the website URL in the elgg-config/settings.php file.

    This also applies to Elgg 4.x

  • Mr. Shcherbin and Mr.Bakker,

    Thank you both for your answers.  You have solved for me a problem I have been working on for at least four days now!  Most excellent!