I have a virtual host setup in apache, that works for SSL only. It is setup as so:
<VirtualHost 8.8.8.8:443>
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
SSLCertificateFile /home/me/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/me/server.pem
SSLEngine on
ServerName example.com
SSLOptions StrictRequire
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
</IfModule>
DocumentRoot /me
ServerName example.com
<Location />
AllowOverride none
</Location>
RemoveHandler .cgi .pl .py .php4 .pcgi4 .php3 .phtml .pcgi .php5 .pcgi5
RemoveType .cgi .pl .py .php4 .pcgi4 .php3 .phtml .pcgi .php5 .pcgi5
</VirtualHost>
What I want to do, is have it so when someone goes to my site, they are automatically redirected to the https version.
Outside of the VirtualHost, I tried listening on port 80, and redirecting to the secure version, like so
Listen 8.8.8.8:80 NameVirtualHost 8.8.8.8:443
Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
However, this apparantly caused an infinite loop.
What is the correct way to redirect to a https version of a site when the https site is a VirtualHost?
VirtualHost 8.8.8.8:80
not 443