Installing to SSL web sites
The auto-installer can only access non-secure HTTP servers. It cannot access SSL web sites that use the "https" protocol.
If you need to install a script to a secure server, try:
If the secure server can be accessed by both a secure and non-secure URL, then install to the non-secure URL. The script will still work when called using the secure version.
For example, https://www.xav.com/ and http://www.xav.com/ both point to the same server. If I want my search engine to run under SSL, I would install it to http://www.xav.com/search.pl using the auto-installer, but then I would link to it as https://www.xav.com/search.pl from my pages and search forms.
If you are doing a first-time install, and you know all of the details of the server like the FTP path, Perl path, and CGI extension, then use the checkbox "[x] Push all CGI content without checking for existing scripts" on Step 4.
In the "Web Address" field, enter any normal HTTP URL such as http://www.xav.com/. When all content is pushed to the server without any checks, then the web server does not need to be connected to for audits, and so it doesn't matter if the server is running SSL or not.
For all other SSL installs, perform a manual install.
"Installing to SSL web sites" http://www.xav.com/scripts/installer/3006.html