[BlueOnyx:11783] Re: Web Alias Redirects with SSL

[Robert Fitzpatrick]

On 12/11/2012 11:54 PM, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:39:27 -0500
> Robert Fitzpatrick <robert at webtent.org> wrote:
> 
>> Having the worst time trying to get SSL to redirect to the proper host
>> name of the cert when no host is used (i.e.: https://vsite.com
>> redirect to https://host.vsite.com). The 'Web Alias Redirects' don't
>> seem to work when using SSL. Using http, the redirects work just
>> fine, but with https, it does not redirect. I have not been able to
>> get Rewrite rules to work in the sites .htaccess file even though
>> AllowOverride All and Options All have been enabled in the GUI under
>> Server Management -> Network Services -> Web settings. Is it possible
>> to get SSL to redirect? I have tried on a 5106 and 5108 server.
>>
>> Thanks, Robert
> 
> I was expecting to see some replies here for you by now, Robert. Since
> I don't, I'll share the links I use (because they always help):
> 
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/
> 
> http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-variables-cheatsheet.html
> 
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/flags.html
> 
> and
> 
> http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/rewrite
> 

Thanks Carl, just wanna make sure I understand what needs to be done.
You have the Rewrite directive working in a .htaccess file on a Blueonyx
server?

I have examined the docs you sent, thank you, and put together a very
basic Rewrite in the .htaccess file of a virtual site and when browsing
to https://vsite.com/ (substituting vsite for actual domain name), no
redirect happens at all and no errors or messages in the
/var/log/httpd/error_log file.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}     =vsite.com
  RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}   =443
  RewriteRule ^/(.*)$          https://www.vsite.com/$1 [L,R]
</IfModule>

Am I doing this wrong? Appreciate any help. As I mentioned before, I
have AllowOverride and Options both set to All in the GUI.

Thanks, Robert