admin login issues

**keneso** · 19 Apr 2025, 02:56 PM

V 2.1.0

While trying to figure out the issue reported here:
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....customers-list

I encountered this new issue.
After filling the credentials for admin access the page reloads to login again.

Some more details to clarify the situation.

Till yesterday I was able to access the admin.

I created a new admin with limited access profile (to test for the issue reported on the thread mentione above)

I asked the other user (limited admin) to try, and he encountered the issue reported here, after submit the page would reload to login page.

I set the configuration files to use SSL

Code:

define('ENABLE_SSL', 'true');

I noticed that the browser would report unsecure connection, site has SSL installed, to make sure I contacted the host, and they confirm the SSL is working for the site.

I then tried to login and encountered the issue of not being able to access with login page reloading.

I disabled SSL in the configuration files, and tried again, and issue is still recurring.

All the above is occuring in tesoreriabahai.org/zen-210
While the tesoreriabahai.org with Zencart v 1.58 works fine

Strangely I encountered the issue on tesoreriabahai.org as well after setting the SSL for the zen-210 install, after clearing the browser cache I could access the old version admin with no problem, but the new 210 is still not letting me access.

**lat9** · 19 Apr 2025, 05:01 PM

In the site's configure.php files (both admin and storefront), make sure that you're setting ENABLE_SSL to 'true' and also that the HTTP_SERVER, HTTPS_SERVER (storefront only), HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER (admin only) and HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER (admin only) all refer to https:// server names.

**keneso** · 22 Apr 2025, 06:11 PM

Sorry for belated reply.

What you suggest, and is in the docs is what I have done and have; only doubt is if you mean that
HTTP_SERVER
and
HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER
should have https like this:
storefront
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://whatever');
admin
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://whatever');

In the admin I already have set this:
/**
* Enter the domain for your Admin URL. If you have SSL, enter the correct https address in the HTTP_SERVER setting, instead of just an http address.
*/
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://whatever');