[Geomoose-users] automatically redirecting geomoose http to https using apache

[TC Haddad]

Yeah I was just trying guess why his / line was not working.

Possibly because the GeoMoose http.d file in MS4W is being applied after
the fact, and sending his GeoMoose app back to regular http?

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 6:05 AM, James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure about this.  Redirect is supposed to work with everything
> under the circumstances configured path so the /app1/ lines are redundant
> to the / line.  Also, IIRC you need to prevent a redirect loop where the
> https site continually redirects to itself.
>
> You also need both an http site (on port 80, without sslengine) to at a
> minimum host the redirect and an https site (on port 443, with sslengine
> on).  Since you say both http and https are working now, but no automatic
> redirect, I don't understand how that works (where one apache instance is
> handling both) without already having the two virtual hosts already defined
> somewhere.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 16:40 TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Before going to virtual hosts,
>>
>> Since you already have https working on the root, and only have one
>> domain, I would try simply augmenting the redirects you have put in place
>> to include permanent redirects for the relevant apps.
>>
>> You already have:
>>
>> Redirect permanent /   https://www.mysite.com/
>> <https://www.mysite.com/app1/>
>>
>> you could add:
>>
>> Redirect permanent /app1/   https://www.mysite.com/app1/
>>
>> Redirect permanent  /app2/ https://www.mysite.com/app2/
>>
>> Redirect permanent /app3/  https://www.mysite.com/app3/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Dan Little <theduckylittle at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest first re-writing your Apache configuration to use a
>>> VirtualHost on port 80 that serves your current data.  Then do the
>>> transition.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dan,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your reply.  I noticed that wiki, and a few others seemed
>>>> to favor using virtual host to get the job done.   I noticed <VirtualHost
>>>> _default_:443> is part of httpd-ssl.conf.  However, <VirtualHost *:80> is
>>>> not found in any of the configuration files.  Do we just add virtual host
>>>> right in httpd.conf?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> *Mark Volz, GISP*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Dan Little [mailto:theduckylittle at gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:05 PM
>>>> *To:* Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us>
>>>> *Cc:* geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] automatically redirecting geomoose
>>>> http to https using apache
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not really a GeoMoose question but... https://wiki.apache.
>>>> org/httpd/RedirectSSL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bashing "apache forward http to https" will also lead you to a number
>>>> of useful guides on the subject. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Similar to the demo.geomoose.org site, I am trying to find a way to
>>>> automatically redirect my geomoose web traffic from http:// to https://
>>>> using Apache.  It is my understanding that Google will start shaming non
>>>> https:// websites.  If anyone has any notes as far as how to set it up
>>>> please let me know.   Thus far I can get https:// working if a user
>>>> manually types in https:// however the automatic redirection is
>>>> failing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank You!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> *Mark Volz, GISP*
>>>>
>>>> *Lyon County GIS Coordinator*
>>>>
>>>>
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