How to enable free SSL by default (force https://)

Modified on Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 11:32 PM

More and more websites switch to https:// in order to improve visibility on major search engines and site security. NYhost.net offers free, SSL (automatic renewals every 90-days) for any website - commercial or personal. It's good idea to secure your website today!

If you don't have valid SSL, please contact us with list of domain names and we will add https:// within 2 business days. If you do have valid SSL and wish to disable http:// (force https://), please add following lines to your .htaccess file located inside public_html folder:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" env=HTTPS


Please save .htaccess file inside public_html folder then try to access website without https://, for example: http://nyhost.net


Browser will instantly redirect all traffic to secure Apache port: https://nyhost.net

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