Enabling SSL

If you have installed UniversitySite on your own server, we recommend using SSL if your making it internet facing.  After adding an SSL certificate and enabling HTTPS in IIS, there's a UniversitySite/web.config file setting that needs to be changed to inform UniversitySite of your desired use of SSL.  

NOTE for Profiscience: Do NOT use this setting immediately below with Cloud sites.

<add key="UseSSL" value="true"></add><br>

With this setting in place some portions of the site use HTTP and others user HTTPS.  For security purposes, password pages will be forcibly redirected to HTTPS.  For example, attempts to use the login page via HTTP will redirect to HTTPS.

This option is provided for compatibility purposes. For example, when using UniversitySite with SharePoint but SharePoint isn't accessible via HTTPS.  

<add key="UseSSL" value="always"></add>
	

With this setting in place, HTTP requests will redirect to HTTPS during authentication and continue using HTTPS for the remainder of the session. If you plan to disable HTTP access to UniversitySite you must use this setting.