I changed my base URL from http to https and now my site is inaccessible

Question

I was trying to set up my magento store to use the ssl certificate I just bought and was told to change the base url to https instead of http.

Now the site and magento admin is inaccessible and I get the following 404 page:

Was it a bad idea to change the base url to https and is there any way I can fix this? Thank you

Answer 1

Find table (core_config_data) from database.

Search below paths under path column:

(web/unsecure/base_url) & set Url without https.

(web/secure/base_url) & set Url with https.

After that your website will work.

Answer 2

Set Secure base url like : https://www.youdomainurl.com/

Do not change unsecure url it must be : http://www.youdomainurl.com/

Use Secure URLs in Frotnend set to "Yes"

Bellow screen shot example for it.

if you can not access admin then you have to change base url directly from database.

Table : core_config_data, change values of

web/secure/base_url

in path column https:// to http://