HTTP to HTTPS Redirection - IIS

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<%SFNB_RESE123LLER_BRA123ND_NAME%> Windows servers support IIS URL Rewrite module. You can make use of this module to automatically redirect your visitors from HTTP to HTTPS.

Setting the HTTPS Redirection

Step 1: Verify Digital Certificate Installation.

Ensure that the Digital Certificate is properly installed on your Hosting Order, and the site is resolving on https://yourdomainname.com.

Note

Your site will work on https://yourdomainname.com or https://www.yourdomainname.com or https://subdomain.yourdomainname.com, depending on the Common Name for which you had the certificate issued. Resolving HTTPS on anything other than this Common Name would result in a certificate name mismatch error.

Step 2: Add Redirection.

Create a web.config file under the site's directory and add the following lines to it. In case there already exists a web.config in your site's directory, carefully edit it to add these lines


<xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
   <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="true">
         <match url="(.*)" />
         <conditions>
          <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" />
         </conditions>
         <action type="Redirect" url="https://<common_name>/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />
        </rule>
       </rules>
   </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Note:

<common_name> needs to be replaced by the Common Name for which the Digital Certificate is issued.