Once the SSL certificate is installed, your site still remains accessible via a regular insecure HTTP connection. To connect securely, visitors must specify the https:// prefix manually when entering your site’s address in their browsers.
Below are steps to setup HTTPS redirect in IIS:
- Download and install the “URL Rewrite” module.
- Open the “IIS Manager” console and select the website you would like to apply the redirection to in the left-side menu:
- Double-click on the “URL Rewrite” icon.
- Click “Add Rule(s)” in the right-side menu.
- Select “Blank Rule” in the “Inbound” section, then press “OK”:
- Enter any rule name you wish.
- In the “Match URL” section:
- Select “Matches the Pattern” in the “Requested URL” drop-down menu
- Select “Regular Expressions” in the “Using” drop-down menu
- Enter the following pattern in the “Match URL” section: “(.*)”
- Check the “Ignore case” box
- In the “Conditions” section, select “Match all” under the “Logical Grouping” drop-down menu and press “Add”.
- In the prompted window:
- Enter “{HTTPS}” as a condition input
- Select “Matches the Pattern” from the drop-down menu
- Enter “^OFF$” as a pattern
- Press “OK”
- In the “Action” section, select “Redirect” as the action type and specify the following for “Redirect URL”:
- https://{HTTP_HOST}{REQUEST_URI}
- Check the “Append query string” box.
- Select the Redirection Type of your choice. The whole “Action” section should look like this:
- Click on “Apply” on the right side of the “Actions” menu.
