Lets Encrypt 301

1

I have an existing domain at http://example.com and wish to move it to https://example.com
How can I have the redirection with a 301 to maintain rankings etc?

Kevin

2

It’s actually really simple.

Assuming you’re using Apache, you include the following in your vhosts:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://example.com
</VirtualHost>

That will ensure any HTTP (port 80) traffic finds the correct site. I’m using the above in my Apache 2.4 setup (which is basically identical to what I had in my old 2.2 setup).

I have no idea how you do it with Nginx :stuck_out_tongue:

Good luck!

EDIT: According to Wikipedia, Nginx is quite simple too:

location /old/url/ {
    return 301 /new/url;
}

EDIT2: The “Redirect permanent” in the Apache example is the 301 you’re after. That will ensure all crawlers know the rankings for example.com now apply to https://example.com. Without the “permanent”, a 302 is applied instead, and no ranking will be transferred.

3

I have done a 301 redirect in Nginx, the redirect is working but it is going to the plesk default page not the domain

have I missed something?

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L,QSA]