.htaccess / https / fcgi

hydraMax · 03-10-2011, 02:11 AM

Hi. For one project I use a web hosting service. I wanted the entire site to be https, so I bought a service from them in which they automatically install a trusted cert so people can access the site through https protocol. Since http is still available, though, I need to do automatic rewrites or something to change http into https requests. (I don't have access to their Apache server configuration files or anything like that.)

I found on the net this code to add to my .htaccess file:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

However, I already have this in my .htaccess file, for my Ruby app:

Code:

# General Apache options
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/!$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
ErrorDocument 500 "Application error Application failed to start properly"

Whenever I try to integrate the two there are bad results; it seems that it somehow changes the programming so that all requests end up being handled by the dispatch script, rather than only requests that don't specify a static file. Could someone who understands how .htaccess files work recommend a solution?

carltm · 03-10-2011, 08:52 PM

One thing I notice is that you don't have the "RewriteEngine On"
directive before the RewriteCond. The fix might be as simple as
adding one line.

bathory · 03-11-2011, 04:57 PM

Hi,

You should put those 2 lines just under the RewriteEngine directive, so everything turns into https before the rest of the rewrite directives is processed.

Regards

hydraMax · 03-12-2011, 12:51 AM

Not /precisely/ sure, but it seems that there was something wrong with the syntax. This worked fine (after the 'RewriteEngine On' line):

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]