Force SSL on Apache

stormtracknole · 11-25-2006, 07:37 PM

Ok, I've been trying to set set up a server which it will use SSL. I've been having problems getting the mod_rewrite to work. I'm trying to force every connection to a certain directory to be on port 443 (SSL). I wrote a mod-rewrite.conf rule. It doesn't work. I have tried everything that I have found online, but no dice.

I have changed the AllowOverride "None" to "All" before the .htaccess section. The mod_rewrite module also loads correctly.

This is my sample mod-rewrite.conf file:

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

What am I doing wrong?

Alien Bob · 11-26-2006, 04:37 AM

This is the slackware forum but the "mod-rewrite.conf" makes me think you're trying this with Redhat/FC experiences (Slackware does not use separate config files). Try editing httpd.conf instead.
Try

Code:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}          !^443$
    RewriteRule ^/my_directory/(.*)     https://%{SERVER_NAME}/my_directory/$1 [L,R]

Eric

stormtracknole · 11-27-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

This is the slackware forum but the "mod-rewrite.conf" makes me think you're trying this with Redhat/FC experiences (Slackware does not use separate config files). Try editing httpd.conf instead.
Try

Code:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}          !^443$
    RewriteRule ^/my_directory/(.*)     https://%{SERVER_NAME}/my_directory/$1 [L,R]

Eric

Thanks Alien Bob! I think that was my problem. Now, is there anywhere specific that I need to insert this part of the code? Or does it matter?

Alien Bob · 11-28-2006, 02:10 AM

Put it in the global section of your httpd.conf

Eric