http instead of https for heroku sites

Question

I have built a rails app and have pushed it to production via heroku. The default address starts with https instead of http. Can I force it to start with http? In my production.rb file, I have the following:

config.force_ssl = false

I also tried to comment out that line, but it still doesn't work. Is there anything else I need to do?

Answer 1

You need to do this basic steps:

• Purchase an SSL certificate
• Provision the ssl:endpoint addon heroku addons:add ssl:endpoint
• Upload your certificate
• Update your DNS
• Configure your Rails app with config.force_ssl = true

For more information see this official guide or this another :

Answer 2

When I got this right, you want to force use of http instead of https. I don't know why you would want this and I would not recommend to do so, but you could use the code example from this answer :

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter do
    if request.ssl? && Rails.env.production?
      redirect_to :protocol => 'http://', :status => :moved_permanently
    end
  end
end