HTTP to HTTPS re-routing

1. log in to EC2 instance with SSH session (for example):

       ssh -i "{key_combination}.pem" ec2-user@{ec2 instance}.{area}.compute.amazonaws.com
   

2. copy the contents of the wsgi.conf file in /etc/httpd/conf.d

3. paste the contents to a local wsgi.conf file in the base directory of application (same folder as where there is manage.py)

4. edit the local wsgi.conf file and add between tags VirtualHost:

       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http
       RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP:Host}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=permanent]
   

5. add the file {app_name}.config file in the .ebextensions folder with following content:

       container_commands
        01_wsgireplace
           command 'cp wsgi.conf ../wsgi.conf'
   

6. deploy application

       eb deploy
   

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