Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk for Windows
Question
How to switch on redirection from HTTP to HTTPS for a domain in Plesk?
Answer
Table of Contents
Plesk Onyx for Linux and Windows
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In Plesk, go to Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings.
Note: In case the option Hosting Settings is missing, contact your service provider for assistance.
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Enable the options SSL/TLS support and Permanent SEO-safe 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and select your certificate from the drop-down menu. Apply the changes.
Note: If an SSL certificate is not yet installed, check the KB article How to install an SSL certificate for a domain in Plesk.
Plesk 12.5 and older releases
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For Linux
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In Plesk, go to Domains > example.com > Apache & nginx Settings and paste the following directives to the Additional directives for HTTP field:
CONFIG_TEXT: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,QSA]
</IfModule> -
Add the following directives to the Additional nginx directives field (if available):
CONFIG_TEXT: if ($ssl_protocol = "") {
rewrite ^/(.*) https://$server_name/$1 permanent;
}
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For Windows
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In Plesk, go to Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings and enable the options SSL support. Click OK.
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Then, go to Domains > example.com > File Manager, open the web.config file and put the following content right before </system.webServer>:
Note: If the <rewrite>/<rules> sections already present in the web.config file, put the content below inside the <rules> section.
CONFIG_TEXT: <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="Permanent" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
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Comments
2 comments
What if someone wants to disable HTTP access completely, rather than redirecting?
In other words, http://www.example.com should be unavailable, while https://www.example.com should.
@Marco, this is a custom scenario that is not covered by this article. Plesk does not provide such possibility however, the instruction can be found somewhere in google, I guess.
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