[wp-hackers] MultiSite SSL over Nginx proxy

Martin Lazarov martin at lazarov.bg
Thu Aug 1 09:07:08 UTC 2013


What did you mean "without domain mapping"? Separete blog installation?
You can do that playing with nginx and/or with the webserver config
over the private ip. Just make required vhost.


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Tom Barrett <tcbarrett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a multisite installation, with domain mapping. I have purchased a
> wildcard SSL for the network domain. I'm using Nginx, listening on 443 on a
> front end router proxying to the webserver (over private IP) upstream (on
> port 80).
>
> What I need to do is have one subdomain (blog/site), without domain
> mapping, to be served up over SSL (to briefly capture and pass on sensitive
> data).
>
> I have read this:
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL
>
> I have played with these:
> http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/
> http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https-test/
> http://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/
> http://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-subdomain-for-multisite/
>
> I suffer from this:
> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19337
>
> But I don't seem to be able to hit the sweet spot (i.e. get it all to
> work). I might be confusing myself (having only recently discovering the
> proxy ssl issue).
>
> Obviously I can't have the frontend over SSL (don't have certificates for
> all the mapped domains, or IP addresses to go witht them). And other than
> the admin bar links working (remaining logged in whilst switching from
> secure site A to 'normal' site 'B'), that's all I need.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Thanks.
>
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