From 2b493ce4f4b3b94590648c870c9cf2e4da39c532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lake Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:21:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add explanation about HTTPS --- docs/running.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst index 66041ac..6c1d4c5 100644 --- a/docs/running.rst +++ b/docs/running.rst @@ -295,3 +295,15 @@ modification times intact, use ``cp -p``. For people who render from backups, GNU ``tar`` automatically handles modification times correctly. ``rsync -a --delete`` will handle this correctly as well. If you use some other tool, you'll have to figure out how to do this yourself. + +HTTPS support +------------- + +In order to support displaying maps over HTTPS, Overviewer loads the Google +maps API and JQuery over HTTPS. This avoids security warnings for HTTPS +sites, and is not expected to cause problems for users. + +If this change causes problems, take a look at the +:ref:`custom web assets` option. This allows you to +provide a custom index.html which loads the required Javascript libraries +over HTTP.