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Nicholas Johnson
Nicholas Johnson

Reputation: 31

How do I force a Python 3 Django application on AppEngine Flexible environment to always use https?

When using a custom domain with a Google generated security certificate, how do I get http requests to redirect to the https?

I tried setting the Django property SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT to True in settings, but that didn't work.

Edit: Yes, this question already exists, but the solution only works with Python2.

SOLUTION: For my purposes, the solution was simply to switch from the Appengine Flexible environment to the Appengine Standard environment. I solved my SSL issues with the following app.yaml.

runtime: python37
entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT <django-project-name>.wsgi

handlers:
  - url: /.*
    secure: always
    redirect_http_response_code: 301
    script: auto

beta_settings:
  cloud_sql_instances: "<project-id>:<region>:<cloud-sql-instance>"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 462

Answers (1)

Nicholas Johnson
Nicholas Johnson

Reputation: 31

After a bit of guess and check, I stumbled onto a solution.

Don't use the SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT Django setting. Instead, update your app.yaml to include secure:always, but also ensure that the entrypoint is set, url is set to /.*, and script is set to auto.

Despite Google documentation explicitly saying that the handlers section is deprecated, testing app deploys with and without the handlers section reveal that, as of today, GAE does reference the handlers section of the app.yaml.

Edit: Found this that clearly shows handlers in Python 3.7 app.yaml - https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python3/config/appref#handlers_element

app.yaml

runtime: python
env: flex
entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT <projectid>.wsgi

handlers:
  - url: /.*
    secure: always
    script: auto

beta_settings:
    cloud_sql_instances: "<projectid>:<dbregion>:<dbinstance>"

runtime_config:
  python_version: 3

After having more issues, despite the documentation saying handlers would work, I have switched to the Appengine Standard environment, and it is working perfectly.

runtime: python37
entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT <django-project-name>.wsgi

handlers:
  - url: /.*
    secure: always
    redirect_http_response_code: 301
    script: auto

beta_settings:
  cloud_sql_instances: "<project-id>:<region>:<cloud-sql-instance>"

Upvotes: 3

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