Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

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There are a number of different ways that you can perform the redirect to https on your site and below are 2 examples of how to do this on the Linux and Windows hosting platforms.

Linux

In your webroot create the file .htaccess or if it already exists add to it with the below and save.


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

After saving the file the changes should be imidiate and the site should now be redirecting to https.

Windows

If you are using the Windows IIS hosting platform then you will want to create the redirects in your web.config file.

If you already have a web.config file then you will need to add to it, else create a new file in your webroot and save

<configuration>
<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="Permanent" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>   
    </rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Once you have added the content and saved the file you should now see the site is redirecting to https.