SSL www not working?

Maxoq · Nov 23, 2017

I have seen more people complaining that SSL www not working on their site but I checked with my websites are doesn't see any issues. Can anyone guide me how to check if both www and non www are working with my current SSL or not? normally I use www for all my domain but for a few long domains, I used non www and used 301 redirect to redirect www to non www and vice versa. Are there somethings wrong with that?

24x7serverman · Nov 23, 2017

SSL should work with the www and non-www. You will need to make sure that your website with www and without www resolving the the same IP address that is to the same server. Also, once confirm with your SSL provider that there won't be any issue.

You can add the below redirection code in your configuration or .htaccess file, if you would like -

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.yoursite.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/yoursite\.com" [R=301,L]

Localnode · Nov 24, 2017

It's worth mentioning that some certificates won't secure "www" unless you enter the domain a specific way in the CSR. At least that was the case with some SSL's last I checked.
Some SSL's when purchasing them to secure a subdomain may only secure https://example.com but not https://www.example.com.

Globalsign AlphaSSL wildcard example:
https://i.imgur.com/e1ZHuBZ.png - secures HTTPS

https://i.imgur.com/6QCogsm.png - errors out with https://www.

mobin · Nov 24, 2017

If you subscribe for www.domain.com, generally it should both support www.domain.com and domain.com. You can verify it by browsing https://domain.com and https://www.domain.com from your browser. If you need support for sub-domains in multiple format, Wildcard SSL certificate is your best choice, but it is expensive too.

AaronSmith · Dec 11, 2017

I guess, you have used following code in your .htaccess file

#Force non-www:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Make sure, you can use 301 redirection code for forcing either www or non-www in the .htaccess file.

If SSL certificate is issued on www.example.com, then It will automatically work for example.com as well.

So, I can say nothing is wrong.

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