HTTP to HTTPS redirect on IIS
The requirement was simple. To redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS traffic. First thought that crossed my mind is - "Can't we do it with HTTP redirect?". After trying the approach, the site went into a infinite redirect loop. Pretty obvious! Right? After some googling, this is what I have done.
- Install URL Rewrite module from http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite
- Add the following rule to your web.config. For more details about, doing the same from UI is explained @ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/03/automatically-redirect-http-requests-to-https-on-iis7-using-url-rewrite-2-0/
<rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="true"><match url="(.*)" /><conditions><add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" /></conditions><action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" redirectType="SeeOther" /></rule>
- Recycle Website
This gave me a great start on URL rewriting. Post this, I setup a proxy and written multiple rewrite rules on IIS. The below article by Jim van de Erve is very helpful.












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