How to Redirect HTTP to HTTPS using htaccess

To redirect a website from HTTP to HTTPS, you can use the following code in .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]

If you want to redirect HTTP to HTTPS and keep SSL verification pages on HTTP, this is needed on Cpanel servers.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

If you wish to add redirect in Apache VirtualHost, use the following VirtualHost entry.

 
ServerName www.yourdomain.com 
Redirect permanent / https://www.yourdomain.com/ 

See htaccess