http to https apache redirection

Question

Environment Centos with apache

Trying to setup automatic redirection from http to https

From manage.mydomain.com --- To ---> https://manage.mydomain.com 

I have tried adding the following to my httpd.conf but it didn't work

 RewriteEngine on
    ReWriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
    RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NC,R,L]

Any ideas?

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

http://www.sslshopper.com/apache-redirect-http-to-https.html

or

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-apache-force-https-secure-connections.html

Answer 2

Using mod_rewrite is not the recommended way instead use virtual host and redirect.

In case, if you are inclined to do using mod_rewrite:

RewriteEngine On
# This will enable the Rewrite capabilities

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
# This checks to make sure the connection is not already HTTPS

RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
# This rule will redirect users from their original location, to the same 
location but using HTTPS.
# i.e.  http://www.example.com/foo/ to https://www.example.com/foo/
# The leading slash is made optional so that this will work either in
# httpd.conf or .htaccess context

Reference: Httpd Wiki - RewriteHTTPToHTTPS

If you are looking for a 301 Permanent Redirect, then redirect flag should be as,

 R=301

so the RewriteRule will be like,

RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R=301,L]

Answer 3

I have actually followed this example and it worked for me :)

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName mysite.example.com
   DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs 
   Redirect permanent / https://mysite.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
   ServerName mysite.example.com
  DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
  SSLEngine On
 # etc...
</VirtualHost>

Then do:

/etc/init.d/httpd restart