how to redirects HTTP to HTTPs using iptables and parse-server (Parse Server)

Question

I'm dealing with SSL/https on my server.

I configured two ports, one for HTTP (4000) and another for HTTPS (9080) using iptables:

$ sudo iptables -t natL -n --line-number 1 REDIRECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:443 redir ports 9080 2 REDIRECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80 redir ports 4000 

How can I tell Parse Server to redirects all traffic coming http to use https?

I did previously a similar configuration using expressJS but it is not working with Parse Server, this is the code I previously used:

app.use(function (req, res, next) { return res.redirect(['https://domainName.tv', req.url].join('')); }); 

Here is my app index.js

var express = require('express'); var ParseServer = require('parse-server').ParseServer; var path = require('path'); var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); var SimpleSendGridAdapter = require('parse-server-sendgrid-adapter'); var stripe = require("stripe"); var https = require('https'); var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); var databaseUri = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev'; if (!databaseUri) { console.log('DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.'); } var options = { key: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/ssl/domainName.key'), cert: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/ssl/domainName.crt') }; var api = new ParseServer({ databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev', cloud: __dirname + '/cloud/main.js', appId: 'xN6xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmx', masterKey: 'egxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxdn', javascriptKey: 'O2xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxYy', //Add your master key here. Keep it secret! serverURL: 'https://localhost:9080/parse', restAPIKey: 'lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxN', appName: 'domainName.TV', publicServerURL: 'https://domainName.tv/parse', emailAdapter: SimpleSendGridAdapter({ apiKey: 'SG.SbxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMxc', fromAddress: '[email protected]', }), liveQuery: { classNames: ["UsPrIn", "Event"] // List of classes to support for query subscriptions } }); var app = express(); // redirect all http requests to https // THIS IS NOT WORKING!!!! app.use(function (req, res, next) { return res.redirect(['https://domainName.tv', req.url].join('')); }); // Serve static assets from the /public folder app.use('/public', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/public'))); // Serve the Parse API on the /parse URL prefix var mountPath = process.env.PARSE_MOUNT || '/parse'; app.use(mountPath, api); app.get('/*', function(req, res) { res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '/public/index.html')); }); var port = process.env.PORT || 9080; var httpsServer = https.createServer(options, app).listen(port, function() { console.log('parse-server running on SSL port ' + port + '.'); }); var httpServer = http.createServer(app).listen(4000, function() { console.log('parse-server running on port 4000.'); }); // This will enable the Live Query real-time server ParseServer.createLiveQueryServer(httpsServer); 

My solutions is similar to this one but I'm using Parse Server: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7450940/automatic-https-connection-redirect-with-node-js-express

Answer 1

I found the answer in case someone is in need: req.secure

this is the code:

app.use(function (req, res, next) { if(!req.secure && (req.headers.host !== 'localhost:7777')) { return res.redirect(['https://mydomain.tv', req.url].join('')); } next(); });