How to redirect HTTP to HTTPS in MVC application (IIS7.5)

Question

I need to redirect my HTTP site to HTTPS, have added below rule but I am getting 403 Error when tried using http://www.example.com, it works fine when I type https://www.exa

Answer 1

I use the following in Global.asax:

protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
  if (FormsAuthentication.RequireSSL && !Request.IsSecureConnection)
  {
    Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace("http://", "https://"));
  }
}