Speed Host Windows servers supports IIS URL Rewrite module. You can make use of this module to automatically redirect your visitors from HTTP to HTTPS.
Setting the HTTPS Redirection
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Ensure that the Digital Certificate is properly installed on your Hosting Order, and the site is resolving on https://yourdomainname.com.
NoteYour site will work on https://yourdomainname.com or https://www.yourdomainname.com or https://subdomain.yourdomainname.com, depending on the Common Name for which you had the certificate issued. Resolving HTTPS on anything other than this Common Name would result in a certificate name mismatch error.
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Create a web.config file under the site's directory and add the following lines to it. In case there already exists a web.config in your site's directory, carefully edit it to add these lines:
<xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <system.webServer> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" url="https://<common_name>/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> </system.webServer> </configuration>
<common_name> needs to be replaced by the Common Name for which the Digital Certificate is issued.