How to redirect the server's hostname to HTTPS for non-cPanel related requests.

Introduction

The server's hostname can be secured when accessing cPanel related services like /webmail, /cpanel, /whm links just to mention a few examples. 

However, there are cases where a custom redirection would be needed to ensure redirection for the server's hostname itself, for example, host.example.com without any specific services. 

This can be easily done by adding a redirect to the following file:

/var/www/html/.htaccess

Procedure

1. Open or create the /var/www/html/.htaccess file with your favorite text editor. 
2. Add a redirection block similar to the following:

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^host.example\.com [NC]
   RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://host.example.com/$1 [R,L]

3. Make sure to replace "host.example.com" with the actual server's hostname.