Control Web Panel - CWP Apache HTTP to HTTPS htaccess redirect rules and fix Too Many redirects with Nginx

[Sandeep B.]

In this tutorial we’ll use redirect rules for  HTTP to HTTPS (mod_rewrite – Apache) htaccess rule on CWP, I’m assuming you’ve already installed ssl certs and enabled https support for your website if you not done it yet then stop here this can break websites if ssl is not already installed.

SSL is very important nowadays for better security and SEO benefits, if you didn’t installed ssl for your sites yet consider upgrading to https, this will build trust towards your visitors and google gives better ranking in search engine (I’m not a SEO expert but noticed this changes).

Lets get started :
Using Apache as main server (only) :
Rewrite rule as follows, this need to be added in your sites .htaccess :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Forcing non www to www and https :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]

Forcing www to non www and https :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]

this also add Permanent 301 Redirect.

If upper rules doesn’t works for your Websites And Getting “Too Many redirects” then you should consider below htaccess rule.

Using Apache as backend server behind NGINX/VARNISH server :

This need to be added in your sites .htaccess :

Rewrite rule as follows, this need to be added in your sites .htaccess :

SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto "https" HTTPS=on
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

OR

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [NE,L,R=301]

OR

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

To force all traffic to use both the www domain and SSL HTTPS, use the following rules:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

To force all traffic to use non www domain and SSL HTTPS, use the following rules:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.tld$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.tld$
SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto "https" HTTPS=on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://domain.tld/$1 [L,R=301]

OR

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.tld$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.tld$
SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto "https" HTTPS=on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

replace “domain\.tld” with domain name and tld eg “alphagnu\.com”

Hope this Post was helpful, stay tuned will be more in future.