I'm trying to do this tutorial http://www.runssl.com/content/how-redirect-drupal-or-ubercart-ssl-connec...
and rebooted the server several times with no luck. it's as if i made no changes.
here is my new .htaccess file
#
# Apache/PHP/Drupal settings:
#
# Protect files and directories from prying eyes.
<FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl|svn-base)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|all-wcprops|entries|format)$">
Order allow,deny
</FilesMatch>
# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
Options -Indexes
# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
Options +FollowSymLinks
# Make Drupal handle any 404 errors.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
# Force simple error message for requests for non-existent favicon.ico.
<Files favicon.ico>
# There is no end quote below, for compatibility with Apache 1.3.
ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.
</Files>
# Set the default handler.
DirectoryIndex index.php
# Override PHP settings. More in sites/default/settings.php
# but the following cannot be changed at runtime.
# PHP 4, Apache 1.
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_value register_globals 0
php_value session.auto_start 0
php_value mbstring.http_input pass
php_value mbstring.http_output pass
php_value mbstring.encoding_translation 0
</IfModule>
# PHP 4, Apache 2.
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_value register_globals 0
php_value session.auto_start 0
php_value mbstring.http_input pass
php_value mbstring.http_output pass
php_value mbstring.encoding_translation 0
</IfModule>
# PHP 5, Apache 1 and 2.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_value register_globals 0
php_value session.auto_start 0
php_value mbstring.http_input pass
php_value mbstring.http_output pass
php_value mbstring.encoding_translation 0
</IfModule>
# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations.
ExpiresActive On
# Cache all files for 2 weeks after access (A).
ExpiresDefault A1209600
# Do not cache dynamically generated pages.
ExpiresByType text/html A1
</IfModule>
# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
# can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
# URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
#
# To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
# (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
# adapt and uncomment the following:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
#
# To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
# (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
# uncomment and adapt the following:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
# Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
# VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
# For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
# modify the following line:
# RewriteBase /drupal
#
# If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at ">http://example.com/,
# uncomment the following line:
RewriteBase /
# Rewrite URLs of the form 'x' to the form 'index.php?q=x'.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(user|cart|admin) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=off
RewriteRule ^/?(content|category) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# $Id: .htaccess,v 1.90.2.3 2008/12/10 20:04:08 goba Exp $
i'm hosting on MediaTemple DV, i added a file conf/vhost.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost 70.32.90.100:443>
ServerName mysite.com:443
ServerAlias ">www.mysite.com
UseCanonicalName Off
SuexecUserGroup theRemix psacln
ServerAdmin theRemix@needshelp.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/statistics/logs/access_ssl_log plesklog
ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/statistics/logs/error_log
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/web_users
</IfModule>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/cgi-bin/
SSLEngine on
SSLVerifyClient none
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/psa/var/certificates/cert-wk1Byl
SSLCACertificateFile /usr/local/psa/var/certificates/cert-cikJ4n
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs>
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/private/ubercart_keys:/tmp"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/private/ubercart_keys:/tmp"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
</IfModule>
SSLRequireSSL
Options -Includes +ExecCGI
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/web_users>
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_flag engine off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine off
</IfModule>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 70.32.90.100:80>
ServerName mysite.com:80
ServerAlias ">www.mysite.com
UseCanonicalName Off
SuexecUserGroup theRemix psacln
ServerAdmin "theRemix@needshelp.com"
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/statistics/logs/access_log plesklog
ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/statistics/logs/error_log
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/web_users
</IfModule>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/cgi-bin/
SSLEngine on
SSLVerifyClient none
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/psa/var/certificates/cert-wk1Byl
SSLCACertificateFile /usr/local/psa/var/certificates/cert-cikJ4n
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs>
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/private/ubercart_keys:/tmp"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/private/ubercart_keys:/tmp"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
</IfModule>
SSLRequireSSL
Options -Includes +ExecCGI
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/web_users>
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_flag engine off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine off
</IfModule>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
i'm not even sure if this file is being read though, but the conf/httpd.include says
# ATTENTION!
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE OR ANY PART OF IT. THIS CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER PLESK
# FUNCTIONING OR FAILURE, CAUSE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF DATA. IF YOU REQUIRE CUSTOM
# MODIFICATIONS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CONFIGURATION, PLEASE, PERFORM THEM IN THE
# FOLLOWING FILE(S):
# /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/conf/vhost.conf
# /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/conf/vhost_ssl.conf
# /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/subdomains/<subdomain-name>/conf/any suggestions?
thanks in advance
