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

To force https only when the website is lunched on the server and ignore it while running the website on your machine for development :

In Global.asax :

You'll need the Application_BeginRequest() method

public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {
         // .....
    }

    //force https on server, ignore it on local machine
    protected void Application_BeginRequest()
    {
        if (!Context.Request.IsSecureConnection && !Context.Request.Url.ToString().Contains("localhost"))
            Response.Redirect(Context.Request.Url.ToString().Replace("http:", "https:"));
    }
}