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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-59220

Redirect to https if it's required (backport of MDL-58318)

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    • Testing Instructions:
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      Add a self signed certificate to apache. debian hint: "sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite".

      Change moodle wwwroot to https version

      Access the site via http - not https

      Verify you are redirected to the https front page and do not see an error.

      Try and access the login/token.php page via http. You should see an error and not be redirected.

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      Add a self signed certificate to apache. debian hint: "sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite". Change moodle wwwroot to https version Access the site via http - not https Verify you are redirected to the https front page and do not see an error. Try and access the login/token.php page via http. You should see an error and not be redirected.
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_32_STABLE, MOODLE_33_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_32_STABLE, MOODLE_33_STABLE
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      Without this change, admins are expected to implement complicated redirects in the webserver and sometimes they will not even have access to make these changes.

      We should always have done this IMO.

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-58318 https is forced, but no redirect to https URL is provided.

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
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              • Assignee:
                damyon Damyon Wiese
                Reporter:
                damyon Damyon Wiese
                Integrator:
                Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
                Tester:
                Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
                Participants:
                Component watchers:
                Amaia Anabitarte, Carlos Escobedo, Ferran Recio, Sara Arjona (@sarjona), Víctor Déniz Falcón
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                  Fix Release Date:
                  13/Nov/17