# Make downloads available in https

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/make-downloads-available-in-https/7733>\
**Category:** MetaPhlAn\
**Created:** [January 10, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/make-downloads-available-in-https/7733 "2025-01-10T10:48:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/make-downloads-available-in-https/7733/1 "2025-01-10T10:48:34Z")

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Running `metaphlan --install` accesses “[Index of /biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/)…”  
This http page poses issues to some institutional users as https connections might be required. Would it be possible you provide the databases also under a https address and make this default to the `--install` command?

Thanks a lot

some infrastructure notes:  
I’m running metaphlan v 4.1.1 in a conda environment on a Linux system.