How to redirect non-https to https?

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#1

I have turned on the option under Virtualmin settings but it doesn’t seem to be working.

I am using Nginx instead of Apache.

i see some post about 301 redirection but the way webmin sets up everything in one block its hard to read.

server {
server_name peterwebsolutions.com www.peterwebsolutions.com;
listen 128.199.xx.xx;
root /home/webmanager/public_html;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
access_log /var/log/virtualmin/peterwebsolutions.com_access_log;
error_log /var/log/virtualmin/peterwebsolutions.com_error_log;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/webmanager/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/webmanager/public_html;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https;
location ~ .php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/php-nginx/152871755116483.sock/socket;
}
listen 128.199.90.xx:443 ssl http2;
ssl_certificate /home/webmanager/ssl.combined;
ssl_certificate_key /home/webmanager/ssl.key;
}

XX in the ip is just me censoring it out.

i tired adding a redirect above the listen :443 but it still to till redirect when the site is on https

#2

I have tested the following and it seems to work for Apache2.

# .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

#3

THanks i am using Nginx, so no htaccess =(

#4

Oh, so sorry… for NGINX, do the following.

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

and then be sure to have the following “return 301” line in the default.conf file.

server {
listen 80;
server_name www.example.com 1.2.3.4;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;

You should change the domain and IP to your domain and IP address.

(and this will only work if you have certbot and the ssl_certificate lines in there as well)

#5

thanks

i used something similar, im sure your one would work the same

server {
server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
listen IPADDRESS:80;
rewrite ^/(.*) https://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}

i added it the VHOST.

#6