Apache redirecting users to https keeping uri
<p>I'm configuring a Apache server, and trying to get it to redirect from http to https.</p>

<p>eg.</p>

<p><a href="http://example.com/something/awesome/" rel="nofollow">http://example.com/something/awesome/</a> -> <a href="http://www.example.com/something/awesome" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/something/awesome</a></p>

<p>my problem is the as long as i try to redirect within the http (not https) everything works, but as soon as i try redirecting from http to https i am losing my uri and it redirects to </p>

<p><a href="https://www.example.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.example.com/</a> or <a href="https://www.example.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.example.com/index.php</a></p>

<p>So it's not preserving the path.</p>

<p>this is what i got right now:</p>

<pre><code>RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTPS_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</code></pre>

<p>unfortunately i have been messing so much around with it that i could fill out a book at this point.
hope somebody can give me a kick in the right direction.</p>

<p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>

<p>Just to add a little more information on the subject, it a drupal system and my rewrite rules look like this in the .htaccess</p>

<pre><code># Various rewrite rules.
&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTPS_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  # Set "protossl" to "s" if we were accessed via https://.  This is used later
  # if you enable "www." stripping or enforcement, in order to ensure that
  # you don't bounce between http and https.
  #RewriteRule ^ - [E=protossl]
  #RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  #RewriteRule ^ - [E=protossl:s]

  # Make sure Authorization HTTP header is available to PHP
  # even when running as CGI or FastCGI.
  RewriteRule ^ - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

  # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period. This
  # includes directories used by version control systems such as Subversion or
  # Git to store control files. Files whose names begin with a period, as well
  # as the control files used by CVS, are protected by the FilesMatch directive
  # above.
  #
  # NOTE: This only works when mod_rewrite is loaded. Without mod_rewrite, it is
  # not possible to block access to entire directories from .htaccess, because
  # &lt;DirectoryMatch&gt; is not allowed here.
  #
  # If you do not have mod_rewrite installed, you should remove these
  # directories from your webroot or otherwise protect them from being
  # downloaded.
  RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]

  # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
  # uncomment the following:

  #RewriteCond %{HTTPS_HOST} .
  #RewriteCond %{HTTPS_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
  #RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
  # uncomment the following:
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^ http%{ENV:protossl}://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
  # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
  # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
  # modify the following line:
  # RewriteBase /drupal
  #
  # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
  # uncomment the following line:
  # RewriteBase /

  # Pass all requests not referring directly to files in the filesystem to
  # index.php. Clean URLs are handled in drupal_environment_initialize().
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

  # Rules to correctly serve gzip compressed CSS and JS files.
  # Requires both mod_rewrite and mod_headers to be enabled.
  &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;
    # Serve gzip compressed CSS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.css $1\.css\.gz [QSA]

    # Serve gzip compressed JS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.js $1\.js\.gz [QSA]

    # Serve correct content types, and prevent mod_deflate double gzip.
    RewriteRule \.css\.gz$ - [T=text/css,E=no-gzip:1]
    RewriteRule \.js\.gz$ - [T=text/javascript,E=no-gzip:1]

    &lt;FilesMatch "(\.js\.gz|\.css\.gz)$"&gt;
      # Serve correct encoding type.
      Header set Content-Encoding gzip
      # Force proxies to cache gzipped &amp; non-gzipped css/js files separately.
      Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
    &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
&lt;/IfModule&gt;
</code></pre>