Rails Application using Nginx working on HTTP but not HTTPS

Question

I have been trying to get my application working in production. I was able to access the site before changing config.force_ssl = true in my config\environments\production.rb.

I have seen many others with this problem need to add proxy_set_header X-Fowarded-Proto https;

I have tried adding this in my /etc/nginx/sites-available/default but haven't seen a difference.

My full default is below:

upstream puma {
  server unix:///home/deploy/apps/appname/shared/tmp/sockets/appname-puma.sock;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80; 
  listen 443 ssl;
  listen [::]:443 ssl; 

  root /var/www/html; 

  index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html

  server_name appname.com www.appname.com

  try_files $uri/index.html $uri @puma;
  location @puma {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    proxy_pass http://puma;
  }

}

After making changes I reloaded nginx using sudo service nginx reload followed by sudo service nginx stop and sudo service nginx start

Am I missing something?

EDIT:

I updated my default and removed the config.force_ssl = true:

upstream puma {
  server unix:///home/kiui/apps/appnamw/shared/tmp/sockets/appname-puma.sock;
}

server {
  listen 80 default_server;
  listen [::]:80 default_server;
  return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  keepalive_timeout   70;
  server_name appname.com www.appname.com;
  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /root/appname.com.chain.cer;
  ssl_certificate_key /root/appname.com.key;
  ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers         AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:RC4-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:RC4-MD5;
  ssl_session_cache   shared:SSL:10m;
  ssl_session_timeout 10m;

  root /home/deploy/apps/appname/current/public;
  access_log /home/deploy/apps/appname/current/log/nginx.access.log;
  error_log /home/deploy/apps/appname/current/log/nginx.error.log info;

  location ^~ /assets/ {
    gzip_static on;
    expires max;
    add_header Cache-Control public;
  }

  try_files $uri/index.html $uri @puma;
  location @puma {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_pass http://puma;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
  client_max_body_size 10M;
}

I can now access the site with http but not https.

Are we correct to assume that you replaced appname.com with your actual domain? — max
– max, Commented Feb 12, 2020 at 10:16
Yes that is correct. I figured it out, will update the answer — Sara Fuerst
– Sara Fuerst, Commented Feb 12, 2020 at 13:11

Feifei Xiong · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-12 00:30:30Z

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Could you try the following:

upstream puma {
  server unix:///home/deploy/apps/appname/shared/tmp/sockets/appname-puma.sock;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name appname.com www.appname.com;
  return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
  # SSL configuration
  ssl on;
  listen 443 ssl;
  ssl_certificate path-to-your-crt-file;
  ssl_certificate_key path-to-your-key-file;
  server_name appname.com www.appname.com;

  ...
}

answered Feb 12, 2020 at 0:30

Feifei Xiong

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Feifei Xiong Over a year ago

Hi @saratibbetts, what is the response when you type https://www.appname.com into your address bar? And could you check your Nginx logs, both access log and error log.

Sara Fuerst · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-12 13:12:20Z

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My problem was where I was adding the code above. I was adding it in default rather than nginx.conf. Moving the code above solved the problem.

answered Feb 12, 2020 at 13:12

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