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title: "Using HTTP to test your website via the Cloud IDE URL"
date: "2022-01-25T15:12:52+00:00"
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url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/help/93811-using-http-test-your-website-cloud-ide-url"
id: "fdeff7bf-20bf-4c03-8694-61187832bbfc"
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Issue
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While adding website updates using the Cloud IDE, my browser automatically defaults to the HTTPS socket layer using the test domain \*.web.ahdev.cloud.

Resolution
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Acquia doesn't strictly enforce the redirecting of HTTP to HTTPS in our test URLs concerning your website. The HTTPS URL is Cloud IDE's default configuration when initializing the link. If a developer requires a HTTP testing environment by altering the browser URL to an HTTP request as in the example beneath will mitigate the problem.

    http://2cfjjlbd-e43b-4bf0-a29f-a25954def27d.web.ahdev.cloud/

instead of using (which is the acquia default)

    https://2cfjjlbd-e43b-4bf0-a29f-a25954def27d.web.ahdev.cloud/