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

Roman McDougal
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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. 

 

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