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Reply to topic   Topic: Redirect to https or RewriteRule
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Otomatic



Joined: 01 Sep 2011
Posts: 212
Location: Paris, France, EU

PostPosted: Fri 03 Dec '21 17:29    Post subject: Redirect to https or RewriteRule Reply with quote

Hi,

In the thread : https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=8790
you state that to perform an https redirect from a VirtualHost port 80, you must:
Code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


Now, only locally, for development, in the VirtualHost port 80 to redirect to https, I put the Redirect directive below and it seems to work very well.
Code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName aviatechno
   Redirect / https://aviatechno/

Is it better to use "your" RewriteRule and why?
Thank you.
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James Blond
Moderator


Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7371
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec '21 11:22    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Otomatic,
it isn't better. It is just "copy and paste".

With the variable HTTP_HOST, I can copy-paste it into any vhost without ever worrying about the hostname. Also RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on would prevent any loops, if you paste it into the SSL vhost.

In short, it is a no brainer Wink


Sure it could also be like

Code:

<If "%{SERVER_PROTOCOL} != 'HTTPS'">
    Redirect "/" "https://www.example.com/"
</If>
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