How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?. That is, the opposite of what (seemingly) everyone teaches.

I have a server on HTTPS for which I paid an SSL certification for and a mirror for which I haven't and keep around for just for emergencies so it doesn't merit getting a certification for.

On my client's desktops I have SOME shortcuts which point to http://production_server and https://production_server (both work). However, I know that if my production server goes down, then DNS forwarding kicks in and those clients which have "https" on their shortcut will be staring at https://mirror_server (which doesn't work) and a big fat Internet Explorer 7 red screen of uneasyness for my company.

Unfortunately, I can't just switch this around at the client level. These users are very computer illiterate: and are very likely to freak out from seeing HTTPS "insecurity" errors (especially the way Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 7 handle it nowadays: FULL STOP, kind of thankfully, but not helping me here LOL).

It's very easy to find Apache solutions for http->https redirection, but for the life of me I can't do the opposite.

Ideas?

Answer by ejunker for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

This has not been tested but I think this should work using mod_rewrite

RewriteEngine On  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on  RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}  

Answer by Kieron for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

Keep in mind that the Rewrite engine only kicks in once the HTTP request has been received - which means you would still need a certificate, in order for the client to set up the connection to send the request over!

However if the backup machine will appear to have the same hostname (as far as the client is concerned), then there should be no reason you can't use the same certificate as the main production machine.

Answer by RobinUS2 for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

As far as I'm aware of a simple meta refresh also works without causing errors:

Answer by antoniom for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

Based on ejunker's answer, this is the solution working for me, not on a single server but on a cloud enviroment

Options +FollowSymLinks  RewriteEngine On  RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} on  RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]  

Answer by Stuart for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

If none of the above solutions work for you (they did not for me) here is what worked on my server:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]  

Answer by Rick for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

For those that are using a .conf file.

      ServerName domain.com      RewriteEngine On      RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on      RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}        SSLEngine on      SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/domain.crt      SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/domain.key      SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/domain.crt      

Answer by sys0dm1n for How do you redirect HTTPS to HTTP?

It is better to ovoid using mod_rewrite when you can. In your case I would replace the Rewrite with this:

                  Redirect permanent / http://production_server/        

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