ssl - How to Redirect HTTP to HTTPS on Apache?

Question

Environment: Ubuntu with Apache.

Trying to setup automatic redirection from http to https.

I have tried:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile    <path to your crt file>
    SSLCertificateKeyFile   <path to your private key file>

    # ...
</VirtualHost>

and

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

From mydomain.com --- To ---> (https://) mydomain.com

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Make sure you can access your website both through HTTP and HTTPS. Also make sure mod_rewrite is enabled, then you can add these lines to your .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]