Redirecting HTTPS -> HTTPS on AWS?

Question

I have a static website w/ S3 + Route53 + Cloudfront set up. I am successfully able to do the following redirects:

http://example.com -> https://example.com

http://www.example.com -> https://example.com

https://example.com -> https://example.com (no redirect, but loads)

However, I see the following behavior:

https://www.example.com -> page never loads

Is there a way to make https://www.example.com -> https://example.com ?

Did you figure this out? If not I may add a bounty to get an answer. — Be Kind To New Users, Aug 07 '22 at 14:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '19 at 17:13

It looks like there are multiple ways to do what you need. Are you trying to just make DNS records?

127.0.0.1 A example.com
127.0.0.1 A www.example.com

OR

127.0.0.1 A example.com
www.example.com CNAME example.com

There is a way to achieve what you mentioned using nginx or apache configuraion to run 301 requests for redirection. This is what you probably already achieved. Similar to https://thisinterestsme.com/php-forcing-https-over-http/

The problem might be related to the SSL certificate, it is crucial for HTTPS to display site requested, and not the one redirected from. Wildcard SSL might work with *.example.com, which will cover www.example.com.

I am not running nginx or apache - this is a static site hosted on S3 — Andrew, Nov 29 '19 at 17:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 03:50

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I would just include the following DNS record in your Route53 configuration:

www IN CNAME example.com.

answered Oct 21 '21 at 03:50

Dmitriy Kupch

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Please correct me if I am wrong, but this only works if someone is using route53. We only have the website on amazon so we don't use route53. – Be Kind To New Users Aug 07 '22 at 15:05
You can add this configuration to your DNS server wherever it is. Certainly it doesn't have to be route53. – Dmitriy Kupch Aug 08 '22 at 19:02

Redirecting HTTPS -> HTTPS on AWS?

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