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SSL required - forwarding http to https?

  I have followed the instructions in the Admin manual for configuring the NPM login to be secure. However, this requires that all users go to https://SERVER.domain.local  instead of just typing in SERVER as they did before. How would I go about forwarding the HTTP to the HTTPS site? I have tried the KB instructions to use the Config Wizard to bind the site to HTTPS but this only causes problems when there is already an HTTPS binding. I don't want the http://SERVER to return an error, I want it to forward to https://SERVER.domain.local.  Thanks.

  • What happens me is to to create new side directory via Internet Information Service Manager, which will run over http protocol, where you could place script e.g. Default.aspx and in this script have redirection to your https page url. And when user enter just server name script will care about correct redirecting.

  • Thanks Pavel, that worked well -- I bound HTTP to the Default Website and scripted the default ASP document to forward to the secured site.

  • But what is state under link you provided don't solve situation when you into address bar in browser type name of server without https.

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    Hi,

    there might be one general solution for returning the correct page when you write the server url directly to browser without https. The problem is, that when you use the redirect methode descriped above, by default you lose the query string (usually defines the NetObject, etc.) and you get the error page.

    To keep the querystring in the URL, just add in to the redirect requests these variables (as you can see on the image):

    $V$Q or $S$Q . AFAIK this solution is not fully supported by SolarWinds, but  during the short smoketest I haven't found any problem. Maybe this might be also solution for you.

    P.S: don't forget to check the red marked checkbox. Since you're done just execute in cmd iisreset command and restart your Orion Website.