Redirect https://example.com naked to https://www.example.com

Question

I am redirecting all http:// request to https:// using apache2 virtual host file:

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

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example.com
    #more details here
</VirtualHost>

This is working fine and redirecting all request to https://, but now I want to redirect my non-www request to www. I tried to add these lines before and after the above <VirtualHost *:443> with no success.

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com
    Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

How can I make it redirect from non-www to www whilst enforcing SSL in the virtual host file?

Answer 1

Try something like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/path/to/port/80/site"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/path/to/port/443/site"
</VirtualHost>

Create an .htaccess file in /path/to/port/80/site with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Create an .htaccess file in /path/to/port/443/site with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]