SSL and Apache http - https

[andy_hollywood]

Morning, I got my app deployed and the relevant SSL keys all working, nice job. just wondering how I would go about forcing all http connections to go to https.

I can see the apache directives box, but wondering what i can put in there on one line that will work, or can they be seperated out with a ;?

Cheers

Andy

[jamestastic]

If you're using Apache HTTP Server, you can use the RewriteRule directive:


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


This will cause an HTTP 301 redirect to HTTPS.

See here (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html) for more information.

[andy_hollywood]

ok, so i get that bit, looks sensible, the question was more specificially how do i use the cloud foundry UI to enter multiline additions to the http.conf file?

[pabrari]

I'm trying to disable HTTP access to my application and only allow HTTPS access. I tried to use the RewriteRule as suggested but it doesn't have an effect. I have an elastic IP address for my instance and have a godaddy security certificate. I'm using tcServer. Any advice would be appreciated. I've also tried:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

[jamestastic]

I'm trying to disable HTTP access to my application

Do you want to simply disable the HTTP service and use only the HTTPS service, or do you want to keep port 80 available so it can redirect to 443?

[pabrari]

Ideally a redirect. But would be happy with simply disabling.