I need to redirect my HTTP site to HTTPS, have added below rule but I am getting 403 Error when tried using http://www.example.com, it works fine when I type https://www.example.com in browser.
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
I use the following in Global.asax:
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (FormsAuthentication.RequireSSL && !Request.IsSecureConnection)
{
Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace("http://", "https://"));
}
}
You can do it in code:
Global.asax.cs
protected void Application_BeginRequest(){
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection)
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:"));
}
Or You could add the same code to an action filter:
public class SSLFilter : ActionFilterAttribute {
public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext){
if (!filterContext.HttpContext.Request.IsSecureConnection){
var url = filterContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:");
filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(url);
}
}
}
In the Global.asax.cs
:
Simple redirect
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection
&& !Context.Request.IsLocal // to avoid switching to https when local testing
)
{
// Only insert an "s" to the "http:", and avoid replacing wrongly http: in the url parameters
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Insert(4, "s"));
}
}
301 redirect: SEO best practice (Search Engine Optimization)
The 301 Moved Permanently
redirect status response code is considered a best practice for upgrading users from HTTP to HTTPS (see Google recommendations).
So if Google or Bing robots will be redirected too, consider this:
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection
&& !Context.Request.IsLocal // to avoid switching to https when local testing
)
{
Response.Clear();
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location", Context.Request.Url.ToString().Insert(4, "s"));
Response.End();
}
}
I did it thusly, since a local debug session uses custom port numbers:
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection)
{
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.IsLocal)
{
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http://localhost:25885/", "https://localhost:44300/"));
}
else
{
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http://", "https://"));
}
}
}
Preferably there would be some way to get the URL and SSL URL programmatically...
You could use the RequireHttpsAttribute for simple cases.
[RequireHttps]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
As stated in MSDN...
"Represents an attribute that forces an unsecured HTTP request to be
re-sent over HTTPS."
RequireHttpsAttribute
I'm not sure you'd want to use this to enforce HTTPS across a large site though. Lots of decorating to do, and opportunity to miss controllers.
To force https only when the website is lunched on the server and ignore it while running the website on your machine for development :
In Global.asax :
You'll need the Application_BeginRequest() method
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start()
{
// .....
}
//force https on server, ignore it on local machine
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection && !Context.Request.Url.ToString().Contains("localhost"))
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:"));
}
}