Http to Https redirection not working on Wordpress Digital Ocean Droplet One Click

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Hi. I have the droplet with wordress.

wordpress-ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-amd-sfo3-01 Apache, Ubuntu 20

I followed this instruction https://certbot.eff.org/instructions

Now it’s working. https://mydomain.com/ - ok

But http://mydomain.com/ doesn’t work =(

The redirect goes here https://root/:

error DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

The .htaccess in /var/www/html:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

Help me please

SmallAquaCrab · Answer

SOLVED. find the two files:000-default.conf000-default-le-ssl.conf in the folders:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled//etc/apache2/sites-available/ Replace YOURDOMAIN to your domain =) Remove the lines with the wrong URL that you see in the browser.Like this RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.root [OR] 000-default-le-ssl.conf ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName YOURDOMAIN ServerAlias www.YOURDOMAIN DocumentRoot /var/www/html Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ServerAlias crunchdubai.com SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/crunchdubai.com/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/crunchdubai.com/privkey.pem Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf 000-default.conf UseCanonicalName On ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName YOURDOMAIN ServerAlias www.YOURDOMAIN DocumentRoot /var/www/html Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.crunchdubai.com [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =crunchdubai.com [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.root [OR] // DELETE THIS LINE RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =root [OR] // DELETE THIS LINE RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] restart Apache2 by command line or reset the server by “Power cycle” Clear your browser cache Enjoy BIG THANX KFSys & Bobby Iliev

Bobby · Answer

Hi there, Your .htaccess file looks good. The problem is most likely coming from the Apache Virtual Host for your website. You can find the Apache virtual host in the following directory: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled In there there will be a file for your HTTP and HTTPS versions of your website. You need to find the one for the HTTP version of your website and update the redirect in there so that it does not go to https://root/ but to https://yourdomain.com. Feel free to share the content of the file here and I can advise you which lines you need to change! Best, Bobby

KFSys · Answer

Hey @smallaquacrab , The .htaccess file you’ve shown is perfectly fine. The issue is coming from your Apache virtual host and that is only for the HTTP part. Check your /etc/apache2/sites-available for the said vhost and if you need some help you can post it. Most probably there is a redirect there which needs to be removed.

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