Apache 2: issue redirecting root url from http to https-CodePudding

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these are the config files:

/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.example.com.conf

<VirtualHost *:*> ServerName www.politicasufacebook.it DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs ServerAlias example.com RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example.com [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example.com RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] </VirtualHost>

/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.example.com-le-ssl.conf

<IfModule mod_ssl.c> <VirtualHost *:443> ServerName www.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs ServerAlias example.com Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem </VirtualHost> </IfModule>

How can I correctly redirect from http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com/news/ ?

CodePudding user response：

I used:

<VirtualHost *:80> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R=301,L] </virtualHost>

Type the code into the conf file.

CodePudding user response：

One has two options -- Virtual Host Redirection, and Request Rewriting. Adapt the following configuration fragments to your needs.

Virtual Host Redirection

To be prefered as being simpler and safer. Redirect an HTTP virtual host (Port 80) to a HTTPS virtual host (Port 443) via the virtual hosts configuration:

# Listening for HTTP connections <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.example.com ServerAlias example.com # permanently redirects to the site's HTTPS version Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/ </VirtualHost> # Listening for HTTPS connections <VirtualHost _default_:443> ServerName www.example.com ServerAlias example.com DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs SSLEngine On # Further configurations... </VirtualHost>

Request Rewriting

Alternatively -- usually, when the virtual hosts config is not accessible -- one can edit the .htaccess file (create it, if necessary) to rewrite HTTP to HTTPS requests. For that the module mod_rewrite has to be enabled, so

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

in httpd.conf has to be set (and usually is, by default). Then add to the .htaccess file:

# Enable rewriting RewriteEngine On # Check for HTTPS, if no, execute next line RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off # Redirect to HTTPS with status code 301 (moved permanently) RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [L,R=301]