Rails - How to Redirect from http://example.com to https://www.example.com

Question

I\'m looking to learn how to cleanup my app\'s URLs. My app is powered by Rails 3 on Heroku.

The desired URL is https://www.example.comite.com

I

Answer 1

As an extension to user2100689's answer, in Rails 3+ you can use config.force_ssl = true in config/environments/production.rb

The line can just be uncommented as follows

# Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
config.force_ssl = true