No I do'nt get any error or exception.

I expect when going to  "http://localhost:8080/portal" the browser change it to "https://localhost:8443/portal". But it does not change to the secure ssl url. It remains the same like "http://localhost:8080/portal" and the site loads as usual.

the <security-constraint> in web.xml is defual of gatein.ear :

jboss-epp-5.1.0\jboss-epp-5.1\jboss-as\server\default\deploy\gatein.ear\02portal.war\WEB-INF\web.xml

<security-constraint>

        <web-resource-collection>

          <web-resource-name>user authentication</web-resource-name>

          <url-pattern>/private/*</url-pattern>

          <http-method>POST</http-method>

          <http-method>GET</http-method>

      </web-resource-collection>

        <auth-constraint>

          <role-name>users</role-name>

      </auth-constraint>

        <user-data-constraint>

          <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>

      </user-data-constraint>

    </security-constraint>

    <security-constraint>

        <web-resource-collection>

          <web-resource-name>admin authentication</web-resource-name>

          <url-pattern>/admin/*</url-pattern>

          <http-method>POST</http-method>

          <http-method>GET</http-method>

      </web-resource-collection>

        <auth-constraint>

             <role-name>admin</role-name>

      </auth-constraint>

        <user-data-constraint>

          <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>

      </user-data-constraint>

    </security-constraint>

Many Thanks,

Rabee

And this is the configuration of server.xml:

<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" port="8080" address="${jboss.bind.address}"

               compression="on"

               compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/css,text/javascript, application/x-javascript,application/javascript"

               connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"    />

  <Connector protocol="AJP/1.3" port="8009" address="${jboss.bind.address}"

         redirectPort="8443" />

<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"

           port="8443" address="${jboss.bind.address}"

           scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false"

           keystoreFile="${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/chap8.keystore"

           keystorePass="ehrkeystore" sslProtocol = "TLS" />

I want the server automathically does it. I want may portal load on ssl authomatically even if the user enter the http://localhost:8080/portal.

I mean the server should automatically change the http://localhost:8080/portal to https://localhost:8080/portal

Thanks very much Rich.