SSL redirect in modrails

ssl-modrails

LoadModule passenger_module /Applications/MAMP/ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.15/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /Applications/MAMP/ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.15
PassengerRuby /Applications/MAMP/ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2010.02/bin/passenger_ruby
PassengerTempDir /Applications/MAMP/tmp/passenger
# PassengerUploadBufferDir /Applications/MAMP/tmp/passenger
PassengerLogLevel 3

# make a symlink from docroot to the public folder in your rails app
# cd /Applications/MAMP/htdoc; ln -s /wherever/your/appname/public appname
<VirtualHost *:8443>
	ServerName cltp.localhost.edu
	DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs"
	RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTO 'https' 
	
    <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs>
       AllowOverride all
       Options -MultiViews
    </Directory>
	RailsEnv development
	RailsBaseURI /cltp
</VirtualHost>

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In ApplicationController

proto = request.ssl? ? "https://" : "http://"
redirect_to :protocol => proto, :controller => "<controller_name_here>", :action => "<action_name_here>"