I would like to login or use parts of my site under SSL, for instance: https://www.mystie.com/forums/index.php. The problem is the images will not display at all, probably because something isn't configured correctly. I'm using Apache 1.3.33 and mod ssl 2.8.22 with an installed certificate. What should I change for the images to work correctly and so I don't receive any warnings from my browser?

Thanks!

Most likely it is a setting in the admin area of your forum, which specifies the base url for the forum and/or forum images.

What forum software are you running?

I'm using VB3.0, and I understand that. The images work fine in normal http mode, but are missing whenever I use https mode.

Originally posted by CompleteSSL
Most likely it is a setting in the admin area of your forum, which specifies the base url for the forum and/or forum images.

What forum software are you running?

Originally posted by TundraSoul
I'm using VB3.0, and I understand that. The images work fine in normal http mode, but are missing whenever I use https mode.

That makes sense then. It's happening because your images are getting linked to :

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/images/adserver/blah-blah....

which is not secure, so the browser may not let the images load.

if the images linked to :

https://www.tundrasolutions.com/images/adserver/blah-blah....

in secure mode you'd be all set.

Agreed, but that's difficult if not impossible. VB3 has no option for image paths under SSL. Moreover, it uses eight separate folders for a variety of image choices.



Originally posted by CompleteSSL
That makes sense then. It's happening because your images are getting linked to :

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/images/adserver/blah-blah....

which is not secure, so the browser may not let the images load.

if the images linked to :

https://www.tundrasolutions.com/images/adserver/blah-blah....

in secure mode you'd be all set.

How about the bburl variable as touched upon here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111579&highlight=ssl+images)?

The only solution for this will be keeping a seperate Document root for your https. You can copy the entire contents of your forum to another directory inside your /home/username/public_html or /var/www/html. And the next step will be change the https Document root to point the new directory. I think this will solve the issue. :)

I read that exact same thread, and several others for that matter, and later was directed here to find a solution. I feel I'm missing something somewhere, perhaps in the http conf file.

Originally posted by CompleteSSL
How about the bburl variable as touched upon here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111579&highlight=ssl+images)?

Originally posted by techlollu
And the next step will be change the https Document root to point the new directory. I think this will solve the issue. :)

Can't I just add the missing document directories to the one that already exists? What file should I be looking at and where?

You have make the changes in the httpd.conf file. You cannot add the missing directories alone here. The path you mention here will be the document root for your https. remember other https things maynot work.

I checked it, and it's already correct. The Document Root for SSL in this Virtual host is set correctly. In fact, if I load my site in SSL the home page works fine in SSL, and the images will load. I will, of course, get the browser warning, but at least the images will load.

This is really weird since the forums directly and subsequent image directories are under the document root.

Originally posted by techlollu
You have make the changes in the httpd.conf file. You cannot add the missing directories alone here. The path you mention here will be the document root for your https. remember other https things maynot work.