Redirect protocol http to https on apache webserver

Linux Beginners / Newbie
1

Hello,

I have just installed a SSL certificate on my apache web server. What I need now is to redirect all existing traffic from port 80 HTTP to 443 HTTPS. What would be the best way to accomplish this task?

thank you

2

Dear atlas,

you need to add VirtualHost configuration in your apache configuration file. apache2.conf or httpd.conf

I put example of IP Address you can use FQDN like yourdomain.com.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName 192.168.1.32

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACE
        RewriteRule .* - [F]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACK
        RewriteRule .* - [F]

        #redirect all port 80 traffic to 443
        RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
        RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://192.168.1.32/$1 [L,R]
   </IfModule>

</VirtualHost>

but keep in mind you need to enable mod_rewrite for apache

Hope so it will help you out but in the case of having issues let me know about your linux distro, arch, kernel info.

Thanks

bnhashmi

3

alternatively, you can also try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

cheers…lubos