HTTPS redirect and "No input file specified."

[JAField]

I am running a website on the basic Windows Web Hosting package. I recently added SSL certification and am attempting to set up an auto redirect from HTTP to HTTPS; I am *mostly* successful.

The redirect works great if I enter http://mywebsite.com or http://www.mywebsite.com/index.html. However, when I enter http://www.mywebsite.com as the URL, the browser redirects to https://www.mywebsite.com/scripts/config.php and gives me a "No input file specified." error.

This is the web.config file I created to accomplish this task:

<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
         <rule name="Force HTTPS" stopProcessing="true">
           <match url="(.*)" />
            <conditions>
             <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
            </conditions>
              <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer> 
</configuration>

Any help on solving this one -- but key -- issue on upgrading my site would be great! Thanks.

[Zulfiqar · Accepted solution]

Hello JAField, I hope you are doing well. A redirect automatically sends your website's visitors to a chosen destination, either a different location within the same site or a new site entirely. For example, you can redirect visitors from your domain root to a content sub-directory, such as a blog. 

Once you install an SSL certificate on your website, you need to redirect your visitors to the secured (HTTPS) version of your site. Choose the hosting scenario for your website:

• Redirect my cPanel website to HTTPS
• Redirect my WordPress website to HTTPS for cPanel hosting
• Redirect my website to HTTPS in Plesk/Windows
• Redirect my WordPress website to HTTPS for Plesk hosting

Also read; https://pk.godaddy.com/help/create-url-redirects-5120