redirect http to https

[derwent]

I'm an iis man but have been asked to find a way using apache to redirect all http requests to https.

I have found a few references to a mod rewrite feature but all the instructions left me after the first few lines. Does someone know of a good resource or tell me how to do this please step by step as I am a total newcomer to apache.

thanks

 

[RhythmAce]

You should have to redirect anything. If you want all requests to use https for a particular domain, then change the port on the directory container. Look in the directory where you find httpd.conf. You should find a sub-directory called conf.d. Within this directory you'll find ssl.conf. All the directives needed for ssl are already setup in there. All you have to do is create a vhost container but instead of the standard port 80, you will use port 443. For example:

<VirtualHost *:443>

If you already have a vhost container for that domain, just copy it here and change the port from 80 to 443. As I said, this will force all requests to use https.