force_ssl causes never-ending redirects

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Rails 3.1.3

With force_ssl in place I get this redirect over and over and it never ends. I am going to the https url so I'm not sure why else it would complain. Ideas?

Started GET "/app/admin/calendar" for 69.64.227.254 at 2012-02-13 19:52:44 +0000
  Processing by Admin::CalendarsController#show as HTML
  User Load (1.0ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = 21 ORDER BY lower(first) ASC LIMIT 1
  Account Load (0.6ms) SELECT "accounts".* FROM "accounts" WHERE "accounts"."id" = 23 AND (accounts.deleted_at IS NULL) LIMIT 1
Redirected to https://www.mydomain.net/app/admin/calendar
Completed 301 Moved Permanently in 4ms

Thanks guys, I seem to have it working now by doing all the work in nginx and removing force_ssl from rails. — 99miles, Feb 14 '12 at 06:26

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Answered here: Why am I getting infinite redirect loop with force_ssl in my Rails app?

Spoiler: add this to your nginx config file:

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

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answered Mar 20 '13 at 18:23

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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If you are using config.force_ssl = true and end up in an infinite loop, try this:

In your nginx config change:

listen 443 default ssl;

to:

listen 443;
ssl on;

Credits to pjammer: Nginx configuration leads to endless redirect loop

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answered Mar 17 '12 at 15:58

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This did not work for me, see my answer below which links to another Stack Overflow question that did solve the problem. – John Scipione Mar 20 '13 at 18:24

force_ssl causes never-ending redirects

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