# How to force redirect from https to http on Docker installation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-redirect-from-https-to-http-on-docker-installation/26885
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 27, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-redirect-from-https-to-http-on-docker-installation/26885 "2015-03-27T19:46:47Z")
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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-redirect-from-https-to-http-on-docker-installation/26885/2 "2015-03-27T20:25:18Z")

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> [@Allow SSL / HTTPS for your Discourse Docker setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-ssl-for-your-discourse-docker-setup/13847):
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> This guide is likely out of date as there are now very few reasons not to use the built-in Let’s Encrypt certificate that Just Works. See also: 2023-04-10 @pfaffman says: This is left here mostly for historical purposes. So you’d like to enable SSL for your Docker-based Discourse setup? Let’s do it! This guide assumes you used all the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) defaults – a container configuration file at/var/discourse/containers/app.yml and Discourse docker is installed at: /var/discourse Buy a SS…

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