How do I redirect from http to https on apache2.

@elecsoftconsult

Okay, can you remove the HTTPS (443) VirtualHost, since it doesn’t work currently and it’s just Let’s Encrypt. And remove the redirect VirtualHost that I posted. Now your site should just work with HTTP (80).

Then go and follow this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04

In your_virtual_host.com.conf file put the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName <ip_or_host>
        Redirect "/" "https://<ip_or_host>"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerName <ip_or_host>
        DocumentRoot /var/www/whateverfolder
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/apache-selfsigned.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/apache-selfsigned.key
        <Directory /var/www/whateverfolder/public>
           DirectoryIndex index.php
           AllowOverride All
           Require all granted
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Some of the parameters have to be changed or commented out, depends on your previous configuration steps.

Hi @elecsoftconsult

Can you post your VirtualHost configurations (both the one for port 80 and 443). It will be easier to help then. Make sure your snakeoil.key file is readable by the same user/group as Apache, which is normally www-data

One way is to change your port 80 Virtualhost to this and restart Apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName yourdomain.com
  Alias www.yourdomain.com
  Redirect permanent / https://www.yourdomain.com/
</VirtualHost>