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When you try to connect with 'https', a secure connection is requested. &nbsp;If you have not installed an SSL/TLS certificate, the connection will not be made which means that you can not redirect from port 443 to port 80.
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When you try to connect with 'https', a secure connection is requested.  If you have not installed an SSL/TLS certificate, the connection will not be made which means that you can not redirect from port 443 to port 80.

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@Dave Baldwin, he has to configure apache for https connections, no?
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@Dave Baldwin, he has to configure apache for https connections, no?

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Well I was hoping to avoid all that, but I guess I cannot. I'm used to apache on Slackware which configures a bit different. Your link gave me a good howto for Debian. I copied in and configured my ssl files and things are working.<br />
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Dave Baldwin - thanks for you response, but it didn't add substantially to savone's comment.
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Well I was hoping to avoid all that, but I guess I cannot. I'm used to apache on Slackware which configures a bit different. Your link gave me a good howto for Debian. I copied in and configured my ssl files and things are working.

Dave Baldwin - thanks for you response, but it didn't add substantially to savone's comment.

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I've installed a Raspian/Debian webserver. It works fine when I browse to <a href="http://98.102.63.nnn/" rel="ugc">http://98.102.63.nnn/</a>, but when I browse to <a href="https://98.102.63.nnn/" rel="ugc">https://98.102.63.nnn/</a>&nbsp;I get &quot;This page can’t be displayed&quot;. I've used IP tables to forward port 443 to 80 and I have $DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess set to:<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28648670-1">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)     http://%{SERVER_NAME}/index.html [L,R=301]</code></pre>
which may not be correct at all.<br />
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Could someone help me figure this out?
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I've installed a Raspian/Debian webserver. It works fine when I browse to http://98.102.63.nnn/, but when I browse to https://98.102.63.nnn/ I get "This page can’t be displayed". I've used IP tables to forward port 443 to 80 and I have $DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess set to:
(CODE)
which may not be correct at all.

Could someone help me figure this out?

Force apache 443 to port 80

The Apache HTTP Server is a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Typically Apache is run on a Unix-like operating system, but it is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Linux, Novell NetWare, Mac OS-X and Windows. Released under the Apache License, Apache is open-source software.

Apache Web Server

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.