Redirect HTTP to HTTPS on default virtual host without ServerName

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On my apache server I d like to be able to redirect all incoming http requests to the equivalent https request   The catch is that I d like to be able to do this for my default virtual host without specifying the ServerName and have the redirect work with whatever server name appeared in the request url   I m hoping for something like this   NameVirtualHost   80  lt VirtualHost   80 gt      RedirectPermanent   https     SERVER NAME            lt  VirtualHost gt    Is this possible using Redirect or will I have to resort to Rewrite

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This is the complete way to omit unneeded redirects, too ;)

These rules are intended to be used in .htaccess files, as a RewriteRule in a *:80 VirtualHost entry needs no Conditions.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NC,R=301,L]

Eplanations:

RewriteEngine on

==> enable the engine at all

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]

==> match on non-https connections, or (not setting [OR] would cause an implicit AND !)

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https

==> match on forwarded connections (proxy, loadbalancer, etc.) without https

RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NC,R=301,L]

==> if one of both Conditions match, do the rewrite of the whole URL, sending a 301 to have this 'learned' by the client (some do, some don't) and the L for the last rule.

User · Answer

Try adding this in your vhost config   RewriteEngine On RewriteRule        https     HTTP HOST  1  R 301 L

User · Answer

I have use mkcert to create infinites   dev net subdomains  amp  localhost with valid HTTPS SSL certs  Windows 10 XAMPP  amp  Linux Debian 10 Apache2   I create the certs on Windows with mkcert v1 4 0  execute CMD as Administrator    mkcert -install mkcert localhost    dev net    This create in Windows 10 this files  I will install it first in Windows 10 XAMPP   localhost 1 pem localhost 1-key pem   Overwrite the XAMPP default certs   copy  localhost 1 pem  C  xampp apache conf ssl crt server crt copy  localhost 1-key pem   C  xampp apache conf ssl key server key   Now  in Apache2 for Debian 10  activate SSL  amp  vhost alias  a2enmod vhosts alias a2enmod ssl a2ensite default-ssl systemctl restart apache2   For vhost alias add this Apache2 config   nano  etc apache2 sites-available 999-vhosts alias conf   With this content    lt VirtualHost   80 gt     UseCanonicalName Off    ServerAlias   dev net    VirtualDocumentRoot   var www html  0    lt  VirtualHost gt    Add the site   a2ensite 999-vhosts alias   Copy the certs to  root mkcert by SSH and let overwrite the Debian ones   systemctl stop apache2  mv  etc ssl certs ssl-cert-snakeoil pem  etc ssl certs ssl-cert-snakeoil pem bak mv  etc ssl private ssl-cert-snakeoil key  etc ssl private ssl-cert-snakeoil key bak  cp  localhost 1 pem   etc ssl certs ssl-cert-snakeoil pem cp  localhost 1-key pem   etc ssl private ssl-cert-snakeoil key  chown root ssl-cert  etc ssl private ssl-cert-snakeoil key chmod 640  etc ssl private ssl-cert-snakeoil key  systemctl start apache2   Edit the SSL config  nano  etc apache2 sites-enabled default-ssl conf   At the start edit the file with this content    lt IfModule mod ssl c gt       lt VirtualHost   443 gt               UseCanonicalName Off             ServerAlias   dev net             ServerAdmin webmaster localhost                DocumentRoot  var www html              VirtualDocumentRoot  var www html  0         Last restart   systemctl restart apache2   NOTE  don  t forget to create the folders for your subdomains in  var www html    var www html subdomain1 dev net  var www html subdomain2 dev net  var www html subdomain3 dev net

User · Answer

Both works fine  But according to the Apache docs you should avoid using mod rewrite for simple redirections  and use Redirect instead  So according to them  you should preferably do    lt VirtualHost   80 gt      ServerName www example com     Redirect   https   www example com   lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost   443 gt      ServerName www example com           SSL configuration goes here  lt  VirtualHost gt    The first   after Redirect is the url  the second part is where it should be redirected   You can also use it to redirect URLs to a subdomain  Redirect  one  http   one example com

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