How to redirect HTTP Requests To HTTPS On Apache 2

We will describe how to set up Apache 2, and to redirect unsecure requests (HTTP) to secure (https).

Pre-requisites

• You have a Hukot Linux instance running Apache 2.
• Your have domain name (e.g example.com) whose DNS A records for "@" and "www" are pointing to the IP of your Hukot machine above.
• Ideally you should also have SSL setup on your instance.

Setup redirect

Make sure Apache's mod_rewrite module is enabled by running

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Put below snippet in a .htaccess file in your site's root folder.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]