Redirect non-www to www over SSL in apache not working

Question

My virtual host file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com

#Redirect non-https or non-www to https://www...
RewriteEngine On
#NOT TESTING HTTPS REDIRECTION FOR NOW
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]
</VirtualHost>

The conf file for SSl is the default one by letsencrypt.

My tests so far, first 3 results are expected, last is not

decimoseptimo@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-1:~$ curl -I http://example.com                                                 
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.example.com/

301

decimoseptimo@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-1:~$ curl -I http://www.example.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

OK

decimoseptimo@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-1:~$ curl -I https://www.example.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

OK

decimoseptimo@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-1:~$ curl -I https://example.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

OK

Seems www redirection is not occuring over SSL! no idea why, apache was restarted since last configuration editing.

Any thoughts?

It's not working because your rewrite rules are only in <VirtualHost *:80>. SSL is not running on port 80. — , Jul 21 '17 at 22:32
I splitted the conditions in both vhosts and it worked. Would the alternative be <VirtualHost *:*> Any with issues that? or what other option would there be — Decimoseptimo, Jul 21 '17 at 23:08
Wouldn't want to to a combined one cuz the 443 has to have the certificate config — Joe, Jul 21 '17 at 23:34
So no alternatives other than two directives, I'm ok with that. — Decimoseptimo, Jul 21 '17 at 23:39
Possible duplicate of Redirect, Change URLs or Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in Apache - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mod_Rewrite Rules but Were Afraid to Ask — Jenny D, Jul 22 '17 at 14:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '17 at 22:33

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The last two tests would match the 443 VirtualHost. You have not included that in the question, but we can assume that there is not a matching RewriteCond/Rule pair in the 443 VirtualHost.

answered Jul 21 '17 at 22:33

Joe

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Cool, in splitted the conditions to both vthosts and it and worked. – Decimoseptimo Jul 21 '17 at 23:02

Redirect non-www to www over SSL in apache not working

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