# Redirect http request to https

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redirect-http-request-to-https/170104>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redirect-http-request-to-https/170104 "2019-02-27T05:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redirect-http-request-to-https/170104/1 "2019-02-27T05:57:50Z")

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I am trying to configure HTTPS for elasticsearch using nginx as reverse proxy. I need to access localhost:9200 through HTTP request only. So even if the user tries to access [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200/) ,it should redirect to [https://localhost:9200](https://localhost:9200/).

here is my nginx.config file,

```auto
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    return 301 https://localhost:9200;
    }

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name localhost;

    ssl_certificate C:/xxxx/cert.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key C:/xxxx/newkey.pem;

    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;

    ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:9200; 
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redirect-http-request-to-https/170104/2 "2019-03-01T04:34:41Z")

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When i run [http://localhost](http://localhost) or [https://localhost](https://localhost) It redirected to elasticsearch page.  
but when i run it with port number [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200) it does not redirect to HTTPS request.  
also [https://localhost:9200](https://localhost:9200) says this site cant provide secure connection.

Do i need to change anything in the above config file.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redirect-http-request-to-https/170104/3 "2019-03-29T04:35:22Z")

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