# My forum goes offline after removing https

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-goes-offline-after-removing-https/81115>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-goes-offline-after-removing-https/81115 "2018-02-21T05:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![notriddle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/notriddle/32/133055_2.png) [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-goes-offline-after-removing-https/81115/44 "2018-02-22T05:02:52Z")

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> **[Comment (computer programming)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming))**
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> In computer programming, a comment is text embedded in source code that a translator (compiler or interpreter) ignores. Generally, a comment is an annotation intended to make the code easier for a programmer to understand – often explaining an aspect that is not readily apparent in the program (non-comment) code. For this article, comment refers to the same concept in a programming language, markup language, configuration file and any similar context. Some development tools, other than a so The f...

In the YML files, comments start with the `#` sign and extend to the end of the line. This means that this line (`#- "templates/web.ssl.template.yml"`) will be ignored. Uncommenting the line means removing the `#`, changing it to (`- "templates/web.ssl.template.yml"`). This causes the code to actually be read, enabling the web.ssl template and turning letsencrypt on.

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