LetsEncrypt with Apache2 Redirection

Question

I am struggling with the https redirection of my domain. My domain is hosted with godaddy and my server is hosted with ionos. I was able to install the ssl certification and if I go directly on https: //domain.com it is working as expected. Unfortunately, the redirection is not working at all.

the conf file looks like that:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@domain.de
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =domain.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.domain.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

and the ssl conf file like that:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin admin@domain.de
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
RewriteEngine on
# Some rewrite rules in this file were disabled on your HTTPS site,
# because they have the potential to create redirection loops.

# RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =domain.com [OR]
# RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.domain.com
# RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]


Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

I hope someone has an idea regarding this.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

This should work, place it out of the virtualhosts (might not make a difference), and also make sure mod_rewrite is on.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Edit:
Added the flags R=301 and L for the redirect.