# Deploy web app with SSL

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902 "2017-11-29T14:05:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/lam_yuk_hong/32/529_2.png) [@LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/u/LAM_YUK_HONG)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/1 "2017-11-29T14:05:19Z")

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Hi all,

I am almost ready to deploy my first Xojo web app and would like to make it more secure with SSL. I am learning how to incorporate SSL into my app, I read this from Xojo forum:

“Standalone can serve SSL pages (2014r3 is required because of a bug we fixed), whereas CGI relies on the web server on the server (Apache, Nginx, LigHttp, etc)”

SSL topic in xojo doc also demonstrate with standalone app.

Does this mean cgi cannot work with SSL?

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**Author:** ![José\_María\_Terry\_Jiménez](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@José\_María\_Terry\_Jiménez](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Terry_Jim%C3%A9nez)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/2 "2017-11-29T14:47:53Z")

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No, CGI’s SSL is managed by the web server. You configure the server (eg: Apache) to use SSL and you run your web app with https:// (or redirect it), then the security is managed with the web server’s certs.

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**Author:** ![LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/lam_yuk_hong/32/529_2.png) [@LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/u/LAM_YUK_HONG)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/3 "2017-11-30T01:35:52Z")

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So I don’t have to add any code in my app to use with SSL if deploy with CGI?

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**Author:** ![Rudolph\_Thomas](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/rudolph_thomas/32/697_2.png) [@Rudolph\_Thomas](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Rudolph_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/4 "2017-11-30T06:06:36Z")

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Hey Tony. Your assumption is correct.

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**Author:** ![LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/lam_yuk_hong/32/529_2.png) [@LAM\_YUK\_HONG](https://forum.xojo.com/u/LAM_YUK_HONG)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/5 "2017-12-05T03:07:53Z")

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Thanks all

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/deploy-web-app-with-ssl/40902/6 "2020-10-29T19:00:37Z")

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