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To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Apache redirection using http response headers

From: sad man <asadxflow@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:50:30 +0200

Reply-to: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I want to force the user browser to use https URL when accessing my server (even if the user enters http URL). I have done redirections using "redirect" & "rewrite" but would also like to use this method.

I load the headers module and add the following to my /etc/apache/sites-enabled/example.conf

Header set Location https://www.example.com/

Header set X-Forwarded-Proto: https

Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=180; includeSubdomains"

Although the server receives a the headers I set there is no redirection (default apache page is shown). Is there anything else I need to do so that the browser receives a http response from my server and automatically changes the http request to https?

Cheers,

Asad