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redirect an internal IP from HTTP to HTTPS with Apache

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If your first section of that file is commented out, Apache doesn't have any config telling it to listen on port 80 (http).

You need both sites running so that both will give you a response (even if the HTTP response is just "go to HTTPS")

Gareth 2010-09-29 23:01:38

Sorry, I see that you deliberately commented the code out above. What happens when you have both VirtualHost sections uncommented? Does the HTTP request fail, or does it redirect to the HTTPS page, which fails?

Gareth 2010-09-29 23:05:17

When both VirtualHost sections are uncommented HTTPS resolves fine; the HTTP address returns `Firefox can't establish a connection to the server`. Above these sections I have `NameVirtualHost *:80` and`NameVirtualHost *:443`.

Dustin 2010-09-29 23:37:39

Is there a log I can check to see if the request was recieved by Apache and if the rewrite took place? I don't see this in any of the files in the httpd/logs directory.

Dustin 2010-09-29 23:49:15

Here is a dump of error.log after one request to HTTP and loglevel set to `debug` .... hmmm ... i will have to put it below in an answer

Dustin 2010-09-30 00:27:21

Is the `Listen` directive also enabled on port 80 (possibly in a different configuration file)?

Bruno 2010-09-30 10:19:34

It was commented out. Now that I've uncommented `Listen *:80` it's working! Thank you. I though the `<VirtualHost *:80>` block would implicitly set up listening on port 80?? Is that not how it works? I'd like to mark your comment as the answer.

Dustin 2010-09-30 17:28:50

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