Redirect http www and non-SSL domains to HTTPS without multiple redirects?

Question

I'm losing link juice in multiple redirects.

I need to redirect all domain versions to my default domain i.e.

https://example.com

By all domain versions I mean http://www, http://, https://www and https://. (index.php for all.)

I am currently using the code below. All domains are redirecting to https:// but not directly. If I type http://www, it will be redirected 3 times as in the picture. I still need to redirect index.php.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

I am using "Redirect Path" extension of Google Chrome browser to monitor the redirects.

You can see redirect 3 times:

You can see redirect 2 times:

Answer 1

Try using more VirtualHosts and redirecting instead of doing rewrites.

<VirtualHost *:80>

  ServerName example.com
  ServerAlias www.example.com
  Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>

  ServerName www.example.com
  Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
  ...
  (put your HTTPS config & path to certs here for the redirect to work)

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>

  ServerName example.com
  ...
  (This is your destination VirtualHost)

</VirtualHost>