Shorten the redirect chain on Apache

Why it matters

The page is reached only after more redirects than our scanner follows (5), and each hop adds a round trip for visitors and crawlers. Usually http, www, a trailing slash and a language prefix are each redirected in a separate step; send the first request straight to the final address.

The fix

1. Point every Redirect and RewriteRule at the final https address directly instead of at an address that redirects again, then reload Apache.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
</VirtualHost>

The examples use example.com. Replace it with your own domain.

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Related

• Reported by the HTTP to HTTPS redirect check
• Serve the site over HTTPS
• Stop redirecting HTTPS to HTTP
• Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
• Fix the broken HTTPS redirect chain
• Fix the HTTP redirect chain
• Redirect HTTP straight to HTTPS
• Answer HTTP with a redirect to HTTPS
• Redirect www and apex to one host
• Make the www or apex name work over HTTPS