What files do I move into secure folder for SSL/HTTPS protection?

[1nfinity]

Hello all,

I bought my dedicated SSL certificate - RapidSSL for $25 a year for www.citeaherbal.com

I updated the DNS records and it's ready to go.

I've looked at this tutorial: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=14 - I even tried it but got tripped up when I went to test it and got that shopping_cart file could not be found, I assume because there is nothing yet in the secure folder or secure-cgi folder in my root directory.

But the tutorial does not tell you what files to put in the secure folder.

Do I put ALL my files in there instead of public? I'm missing something!

Thanks for the help!
-Dominick

[Get Em Fast]

You must have just missed something when editing your configure files, as you don't move ANY file to get your SSL to work.

In includes/configure.php, use settings as shown below:

// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.your_site.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.your_site.com');

  // Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
  define('ENABLE_SSL', 'true');

In admin/includes/configure.php use settings as shown below:

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.your_site.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.your_site.com');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.your_site.com');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.your_site.com');

  // Use secure webserver for catalog module and/or admin areas?
  define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'true');
  define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'true');

That's all there is to it. If it still doesn't work, contact your hosting provider to make sure you have a DEDICATED IP Address, AND that your cert is installed correctly on the server.

[edux10]

yeah, you dont move any, ssl is a mirror of your public http.

I had a problem too, it was the hosts fault tho, and they fixed it and my site worked fine, try turning off SSL in installation, see if that works, then edit configure.php to set it to ssl when you know it is working.

[1nfinity]

Thanks for the responses!

I have a question about my DNS A records. I had a blank A record (instead of a www A record) with my old IP address. And then I was given the new IP address by RapidSSL. I tried updating the blank A record and it didn't work. I put a www A record instead and that worked. I changed all the configure things to www.citeaherbal.com. Maybe I need to change back to the blank A record with the new IP address? When I go to edit the settings do I need to put citeaherbal.com instead of www.citeaherbal.com?

Thanks for the help!
Can you tell I'm confused? ;-)

-Dominick

[DrByte]

You should really talk to your hosting company about that.

[1nfinity]

According to them, SSL and the certificate is installed properly. Here's what they keep telling me:

alecm: As I have said you did not upload it to /secure folder
alecm: that is why you receive the error

This is the error I'm getting:

https://www.citeaherbal.com/index.php?main_page=login



What next?
Thanks for the help!

Dominick

[1nfinity]

My site is even checking out at RapidSSL:

https://knowledge.rapidssl.com/suppo...ewlocale=en_US

Hmmph,
1nfinity

[Ajeh]

Your site does not appear to work even when not trying to use a secure page ...

[1nfinity]

Oy!

You mean https://www.citeaherbal.com doesn't work? Yes, why would that be?

Could it be my DNS records?

,
Dominick

[Ajeh]

I would contact your hosting company and see what the problem is ...