# Forced https deactivate

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711 "2019-07-23T07:02:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/1 "2019-07-23T07:02:26Z")

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Hello  
Activated force https. After that I can’t log in anymore. How can I deactivate force https if the login no longer works?  
Greetings  
Urs

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/2 "2019-07-23T08:27:26Z")

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I don’t know why login broke with force https if your SSL certificate was set up properly.  
Have you tried [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true)?

```plaintext
example.com/safe-mode

```

or login backdoor?

```plaintext
example.com/u/admin-login

```

Given that none of the above work for you, If you’re familiar with SSH you can log into your server via ssh and follow these:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rails c
SiteSetting.force_https = false

```

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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/3 "2019-07-23T08:55:01Z")

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[‘BAD CSRF’]

Feedback when I want to go into [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true)

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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/4 "2019-07-23T08:57:49Z")

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Login Backoor

Oops! This page does not exist or is private.

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/5 "2019-07-23T09:11:26Z")

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> [@ksjr](#):
>
> [‘BAD CSRF’]

This usually indicates a poorly configured SSL certificate. How did you install it?

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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/6 "2019-07-23T09:18:20Z")

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I think that’s correct.

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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/7 "2019-07-23T09:19:08Z")

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Can you help me with SSH?

I did this for the last time years ago.

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/8 "2019-07-23T09:21:32Z")

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I’ve given the exact instructions above but if you want me to do it for you, please create a topic in #Marketplace I’ll be happy to take this on.

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### Author: ![ksjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@ksjr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ksjr)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/9 "2019-07-23T09:33:18Z")

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how high are the costs?

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/10 "2019-07-23T09:39:28Z")

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You can drop me an email to [bhanu@orng.co](mailto:bhanu@orng.co) for more details.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/11 "2019-07-23T12:53:58Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forced-https-deactivate/123711/12 "2019-08-22T12:54:11Z")

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