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I am trying to redirect all http traffic to https as the site requires SSL.

For example, if someone navigates to http://site.com or http://www.site.com I want to redirect the user to https://www.site.com

Right now the user gets a 403.4 Forbidden error - The page you are trying to access is secured with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

I've tried a number of different URL rewrite rules but none of them seem to work. In fact nothing seems to be happening different at all, almost like the module isn't even working properly.

First, is my rule correct? And if so, what else could be preventing this from working properly?

 <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="Redirect all http traffic to https" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="true" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite>
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    Your condition is expecting the input to be {HTTPS}. Try removing that condition. Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:01
  • Just remove the condition or change it? Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:06
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    I would just remove, it is asking for a condition you do not need. Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:07
  • Thanks, unfortunately IIS is still not redirecting after removing that condition. Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:09

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<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>

And SSL needs to be off apparently.

Not sure if the and tags are appropriate.

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  • Yeah, that was the hold up. I had require SSL checked. Once I unchecked it, the URL rewrites fired correctly, thanks. Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:57
  • Just to add to an old thread.... I had same issue, yet SSL was unchecked So I checked it.. apply Uncheck .... apply Works now like a charm Commented Jul 18, 2014 at 20:14
  • This worked for me. Mathias R. Jessen references this as the first of two ways to approach this problem. serverfault.com/questions/617204/… Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 14:00

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