Rewrite rule to HTTPS except when on localhost

Question

I am using the answer given here as the basis for trying to add a rewrite rule to my web.config file. I want it to match any url that is not running on localhost in order to

Answer 1

Adding to anubhava's answer, you can replace the add element for localhost with the following 2 entries to cater for both localhost and 127.0.0.1 with optional ports e.g localhost:59400 which is the case when debugging through visual studio and IIS

With the original answer, localhost:123 would be redirected to https which may not be desirable.