How to redirect HTTP to HTTPS in MVC application (IIS7.5)
I need to redirect my HTTP site to HTTPS, have added below rule but I am getting 403 Error when tried using http://www.example.com, it works fine when I type https://www.example.com in browser.
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
You can do it in code:
Global.asax.cs
protected void Application_BeginRequest(){
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection)
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:"));
}
Or You could add the same code to an action filter:
public class SSLFilter : ActionFilterAttribute {
public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext){
if (!filterContext.HttpContext.Request.IsSecureConnection){
var url = filterContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:");
filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(url);
}
}
}
In the Global.asax.cs
:
Simple redirect
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection
&& !Context.Request.IsLocal // to avoid switching to https when local testing
)
{
// Only insert an "s" to the "http:", and avoid replacing wrongly http: in the url parameters
Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Insert(4, "s"));
}
}
301 redirect: SEO best practice (Search Engine Optimization)
The 301 Moved Permanently
redirect status response code is considered a best practice for upgrading users from HTTP to HTTPS (see Google recommendations).
So if Google or Bing robots will be redirected too, consider this:
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection
&& !Context.Request.IsLocal // to avoid switching to https when local testing
)
{
Response.Clear();
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location", Context.Request.Url.ToString().Insert(4, "s"));
Response.End();
}
}