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Documented HTTPS_METHOD

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Steve Kamerman 2015-11-20 17:47:08 -05:00
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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ should provide compatibility with clients back to Firefox 1, Chrome 1, IE 7, Ope
Windows XP IE8, Android 2.3, Java 7. The configuration also enables HSTS, and SSL
session caches.
The behavior for the proxy when port 80 and 443 are exposed is as follows:
The default behavior for the proxy when port 80 and 443 are exposed is as follows:
* If a container has a usable cert, port 80 will redirect to 443 for that container so that HTTPS
is always preferred when available.
@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ to establish a connection. A self-signed or generic cert named `default.crt` an
will allow a client browser to make a SSL connection (likely w/ a warning) and subsequently receive
a 503.
To serve traffic in both SSL and non-SSL modes without redirecting to SSL, you can include the
environment variable `HTTPS_METHOD=noredirect` (the default is `HTTPS_METHOD=redirect`). You can also
disable the non-SSL site entirely with `HTTPS_METHOD=nohttp`
### Basic Authentication Support
In order to be able to secure your virtual host, you have to create a file named as its equivalent VIRTUAL_HOST variable on directory