How can I force the Google Analytics Tag to fire via SSL?

[Michael_Kim_shc]

How can I force the Google Analytics Tag to fire via SSL as described in the article?

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference#forceSSL

and https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference#forceSSL

[craig_rouse · Accepted solution]

Hi @Michael_Kim_shc,

The most recent versions of the Google Analytics tag template do this by default (all templates published within the last 6-8 months). All you need to do is upgrade to the latest template, and the analytics.js file will load over SSL.

See here for information on checking your template version and upgrading:

https://community.tealiumiq.com/t5/Tealium-iQ-Tag-Management/How-do-I-update-a-tag-template/ta-p/283...
https://community.tealiumiq.com/t5/Tealium-iQ-Tag-Management/Tag-Status-Checker/ta-p/5127

Craig.

[brian_greig · Accepted solution]

If you are in a situation where you have a heavily customized template and you need to manually update the tag to fire via SSL (I beleive the older tags inherit the security protocol of your site) you should be able to do so by updateing the loader function:

u.loader({"type": "script",  "src": 'https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js',  "loc": "script", "id": id });

Otherwise I think the above answer would be the best practice.

[craig_rouse]

Very good point @brian_greig, and your answer is exactly right :-)