mod_rewrite to ssl not working for example.com but does for example.com/index.html

Question

NOTE: config and error updated to be clearer.

I have the following .htaccess for my site running apach 2.4 on Ubuntu:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# Redirect to HTTPS
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)example1.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)example2.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example2.com/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

• If I go to http://example2.com , http://www.example2.com or http://www.example1.com it redirects to https`

• if I go to http://example1.com it stays as http.

Is there something I am missing so that it will redirect with just the base / url?

Answer 1

The problem is these two rules:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)example1.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)example2.com

You need to add ? to make the www. optional:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?example1.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?example2.com