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can't access magento 2 admin after installing letsencrypt SSL

Magento 2.2.3, Php 7, Ubuntu 16.04 x64

Hi, I installed let's encrypt SSL following this guide https://www.vultr.com/docs/setup-lets-encrypt-with-apache-on-ubuntu-16-04 
my website frondend is working fine but when I try to access backend it shows following error

This page isnt working
leathermake.com redirected you too many times.
Try clearing your cookies.
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

 

Now it just shows 404 not found, I tried clearing cookies but it still doesn't work.

 

2 REPLIES 2

Re: can't access magento 2 admin after installing letsencrypt SSL

okay - could you please check .htaccess file is there in root directory of magento or not ?

 

if not create .htaccess in root directory and place below code in it.

 

.htaccess file

 

############################################
## overrides deployment configuration mode value
## use command bin/magento deploy:mode:set to switch modes

# SetEnv MAGE_MODE developer

############################################
## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
## it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi

# Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
# AddHandler php5-cgi .php

############################################
## GoDaddy specific options

# Options -MultiViews

## you might also need to add this line to php.ini
## cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
## if it still doesn't work, rename php.ini to php5.ini

############################################
## this line is specific for 1and1 hosting

#AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
#AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

############################################
## default index file

DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
############################################
## adjust memory limit

php_value memory_limit 756M
php_value max_execution_time 18000

############################################
## disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized

php_flag session.auto_start off

############################################
## enable resulting html compression

#php_flag zlib.output_compression on

###########################################
## disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload

php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
############################################
## adjust memory limit

php_value memory_limit 756M
php_value max_execution_time 18000

############################################
## disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized

php_flag session.auto_start off

############################################
## enable resulting html compression

#php_flag zlib.output_compression on

###########################################
## disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload

php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_security.c>
###########################################
## disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload

SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

############################################
## enable apache served files compression
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip

# Insert filter on all content
###SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Insert filter on selected content types only
#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json image/svg+xml

# Netscape 4.x has some problems...
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html

# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip

# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
#BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Don't compress images
#SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary

# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
#Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

############################################
## make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode

SSLOptions StdEnvVars

</IfModule>

############################################
## workaround for Apache 2.4.6 CentOS build when working via ProxyPassMatch with HHVM (or any other)
## Please, set it on virtual host configuration level

## SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
############################################

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

############################################
## enable rewrites

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

############################################
## you can put here your magento root folder
## path relative to web root

#RewriteBase /magento/

############################################
## workaround for HTTP authorization
## in CGI environment

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

############################################
## TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRAC[EK]
RewriteRule .* - [L,R=405]

############################################
## redirect for mobile user agents

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobiledirectoryhere/.*$
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mobiledirectoryhere/ [L,R=302]

############################################
## never rewrite for existing files, directories and links

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

############################################
## rewrite everything else to index.php

RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

</IfModule>


############################################
## Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides
## If you still have problems, use the second line instead

AddDefaultCharset Off
#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' html

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

############################################
## Add default Expires header
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires

ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html A0
ExpiresByType text/plain A0

</IfModule>

###########################################
## Deny access to root files to hide sensitive application information
RedirectMatch 403 /\.git

<Files composer.json>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files composer.lock>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files .gitignore>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files .htaccess>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files .htaccess.sample>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files .php_cs.dist>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files .travis.yml>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files CHANGELOG.md>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files CONTRIBUTING.md>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files COPYING.txt>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files Gruntfile.js>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files LICENSE.txt>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files LICENSE_AFL.txt>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files nginx.conf.sample>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files package.json>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files php.ini.sample>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files README.md>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files auth.json>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>
<Files magento_umask>
<IfVersion < 2.4>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
Require all denied
</IfVersion>
</Files>

# For 404s and 403s that aren't handled by the application, show plain 404 response
ErrorDocument 404 /pub/errors/404.php
ErrorDocument 403 /pub/errors/404.php

################################
## If running in cluster environment, uncomment this
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags

#FileETag none

# ######################################################################
# # INTERNET EXPLORER #
# ######################################################################

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Document modes |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Force Internet Explorer 8/9/10 to render pages in the highest mode
# available in the various cases when it may not.
#
# https://hsivonen.fi/doctype/#ie8
#
# (!) Starting with Internet Explorer 11, document modes are deprecated.
# If your business still relies on older web apps and services that were
# designed for older versions of Internet Explorer, you might want to
# consider enabling `Enterprise Mode` throughout your company.
#
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/bg182625.aspx#docmode
# http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/04/02/stay-up-to-date-with-enterprise-mode-for-internet-explorer-11.aspx

<IfModule mod_headers.c>

Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"

# `mod_headers` cannot match based on the content-type, however,
# the `X-UA-Compatible` response header should be send only for
# HTML documents and not for the other resources.

<FilesMatch "\.(appcache|atom|bbaw|bmp|crx|css|cur|eot|f4[abpv]|flv|geojson|gif|htc|ico|jpe?g|js|json(ld)?|m4[av]|manifest|map|mp4|oex|og[agv]|opus|otf|pdf|png|rdf|rss|safariextz|svgz?|swf|topojson|tt[cf]|txt|vcard|vcf|vtt|webapp|web[mp]|webmanifest|woff2?|xloc|xml|xpi)$">
Header unset X-UA-Compatible
</FilesMatch>

</IfModule>

 

If still not solved , then open bootstrap.php file from your magento2root directory/app/bootstrap.php

 

uncomment the line ini_set('display_errors', 1); - and check admin panel , what error it shows ? please post here so it helps us to troubleshoot the issue.

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: can't access magento 2 admin after installing letsencrypt SSL

I have the same issue, I have the .htaccess file

Backend still doesn't work without displaying errors even after changing the bootstrap.php file