Use the Security panel in Chrome DevTools to make sure HTTPS is properly implemented on a page. See Why HTTPS Matters to learn why every website should be protected with HTTPS, even sites that don't handle sensitive user data.
Overview
The Security panel is the main place in DevTools for inspecting the security of a page. The Security panel gives you an overview of your page's origins that includes HTTP security warnings, origin details and certificates.
Open the Security panel
To open the Security panel, follow these steps:
- Open DevTools.
- Open the Command menu by pressing:
- macOS: Command+Shift+P
- Windows, Linux, ChromeOS: Control+Shift+P
Start typing
security, select Show Security panel, and press Enter.
Figure 1. The Security panel
Alternatively, in the top right corner, select more_vert More options > More tools > Security.
Common problems
Non-secure main origins
When the main origin of a page is not secure, the Security Overview says This page is not secure.
Figure 2. A non-secure page
This problem occurs when the URL that you visited was requested over HTTP. To make it secure you
need to request it over HTTPS. For example, if you look at the URL in your address bar, it probably
looks similar to http://example.com. To make it secure the URL should be https://example.com.
If you've already got HTTPS set up on your server, all you need to do to fix this problem is configure your server to redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
If you don't have HTTPS set up on your server, Let's Encrypt provides a free and relatively-easy way to start the process. Or, you might consider hosting your site on a CDN. Most major CDNs host sites on HTTPS by default now.
Mixed content
Mixed content means that the main origin of a page is secure, but the page requested resources from non-secure origins. Mixed content pages are only partially protected because the HTTP content is accessible to sniffers and vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Figure 3. Mixed content
In Figure 3, clicking View 1 request in Network panel opens the Network panel and
applies the mixed-content:displayed filter so that the Network Log only shows non-secure
resources.
Figure 4. Mixed resources in the Network Log
View details
View main origin certificate
From the Security Overview click View certificate to quickly inspect the main origin's certificate.
Figure 5. A main origin certificate
View origin details
Click one of the entries in the left-hand nav to view the origin's details. From the details page you can view connection and certificate information. Certificate transparency information is also shown when available.
Figure 6. Main origin details