Force HTTPS redirection with Apache

TIP: To quickly get started with HTTPS and SSL, follow these instructions to auto-configure a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate.

Follow these steps:

• Add the following lines in the default Apache virtual host configuration file at installdir/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf, inside the default VirtualHost directive, so that it looks like this:

  <VirtualHost _default_:80>
    DocumentRoot "installdir/apache2/htdocs"
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
    ...
  </VirtualHost>
  

  To redirect all HTTP requests to a particular domain, specify the domain name as a static value in the rewrite rule instead of using the SERVER_NAME variable. Here’s an example of redirecting all HTTP requests to https://example.com:

  <VirtualHost _default_:80>
    DocumentRoot "installdir/apache2/htdocs"
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://example.com/$1 [R,L]
    ...
  </VirtualHost>
  

• After modifying the Apache configuration files, open port 443 in the server firewall.

• Restart Apache to apply the changes.