SSL And Security

JoeM1 · ‎06-18-2018

Looking for some help, please. I installed SSL on my website, and now I would like to redirect my home page to https. I contacted GoDaddy and I was told to add a web.config file on my root directory. This was the code provided to me by GoDaddy for the web.config file:

When I did this and checked my home page, I received a 404 error. So, I thought maybe this generic code needed to be modified to reference my specific site. I've tried a few things with no success, so currently I have no web.config file.

My site is www.casra.info . If I type in https://www.casra.info, it works the way I expected with SSL. I just want to automatically redirect www.casra.info to the https version. Appreciate any help. Thanks. Joe

rd · ‎06-18-2018

Fair warning @JoeM1, I've been working through my own issues to https:// forces. Looks like you have your web.confing file correct:

<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
    <rules>
       <rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" 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>

Looks like you got the exact right advise to me? All I can think is that you should check to make sure you have the proper configuration for the server hosting you are utilizing? You'll find that different server types will have different configurations. Check out Redirect HTTP to HTTPS automatically. I hope that helps?

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JoeM1 · ‎06-20-2018

Thanks, rd (Roy). I have verified that I have Economy Hosting and a Windows-Based account. As such, according to GoDaddy, I should create a web.config file at the root level with the code you show.. (https://www.godaddy.com/help/redirect-my-website-to-https-in-pleskwindows-27873). I did this through the file manager area. However: when I go to the site thereafter, I receive a "500 internal server error". Thoughts? Thanks!

rd · ‎06-21-2018

Once I make a change to my SSL certificate, configuration or domain I like to give the changes a minute @JoeM1. Can you do me a favor and read though this thread UCC certs aren't what they use to be? I just finished that exercise and it helped me understand a bit. It sounds like you have some wrong configurations in your CNAME? At one point I was getting 500 errors in my configuration.

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JoeM1 · ‎06-22-2018

Thanks yet again, rd !!! I really appreciate your help. Well, all I can tell you is this. I have an Economy, Windows-based site. So, according to GoDaddy, I should add a "web.config" file to the web root, and I did so using the code they provided to me. I did this directly through their website and the file manager area. Whenever I do this, the website stops working and gives me a "500 internal server error". This time, according to your suggestion, I waited 10 minutes after creating/saving the file, but the error persisted. As soon as I deleted the file, the website returned to normal. So, I'm stumped. I have never had an issue with the site prior to attempting to add the "web.config" file. I guess I will just ask everyone to bookmark the https version of the site and use that. Joe

rd · ‎06-22-2018

The reason I referred you to that thread @JoeM1 was because it sounds like your configuration would be the same? Basically you should not have to add anything to your web.config file. Just make sure that your www CNAME is set to @ and www.casra.info should go to https://casra.info or https://www.casra.info depending on the kind of certificate you have.

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JoeM1 · ‎06-26-2018

Well, I thank you again, rd @rd ! I tried adding the web.config again, this time with no code whatsoever therein. Unfortunately I still have the same result as when I add the code provided by GoDaddy, with a "500 Internal Service Error" appearing when accessing either www.casra.info or https://www.casra.info. This site is set up as "Economy Web Hosting Windows". I don't know what type of SSL certificate I have (it was purchased directly from GoDaddy), but it does show "GoDaddy SHA-2" for what that's worth.

As far as the DNS and CNAME is concerned, this is what I have showing. All TTL values are 1 hour except for the A which is 600 seconds.

A @ 45.40.191.217
CNAME e email.secureserver.net
CNAME email email.secureserver.net
CNAME ftp @
CNAME imap imap.secureserver.net
CNAME mail pop.secureserver.net
CNAME mobilemail mobilemail-v01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net
CNAME pda mobilemail-v01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net
CNAME pop pop.secureserver.net
CNAME smtp smtp.secureserver.net
CNAME webmail webmail.secureserver.net
CNAME www @
CNAME _domainconnect _domainconnect.gd.domaincontrol.com

I sincerely appreciate your help. Regards.

rd · ‎06-27-2018

That looks correct to me now @JoeM1. I checked and it works properly. Are you still having an issue?

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MinhHuaLeNgoc · ‎06-21-2018

Hi Joe,

I did the same thing as you, but then I got the error "ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS". Remove the code and everything works as normal.

You have any idea?

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