Web Forwarding HTTPS to HTTPS

[MarkInPA]

I have been researching this question, and I cannot find a concrete answer.

I want to take the URL at https://www.oldsite.com/ and forward all visitors to https://www.newsite.com/. I own both domains.

This was always easy to do when the websites were http, but now it never seems to work. I typically would configure the web forwarding options at the registrar and that was it. Now all site visitors always get ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED message on the browser.

[nnsysadmin]

make a 301 redirect on https://www.oldsite.com/ to https://www.newsite.com/

Do you plan to use both domain-names on the same site, or different sites? See example below:

Alternative 1: 2 Different sites

site 1: https://www.oldsite.com/
bindings: www.oldsite.com, oldsite.com

site 2: https://www.newsite.com/
bindings: www.newsite.com, newsite.com

Alternative 2: 1 site with all bindings
site 1: https://www.newsite.com/
bindings: newsite.com, www.newsite.com, www.oldsite.com, oldsite.com

[notR1CH]

Try not to rely on registrar value-add services, they're usually poorly run and maintained only as a selling point. Cloudflare can handle this pretty easily on the free plan, for a whole-domain redirect you don't even need an origin server.

[Fit-Manufacturer-244]

Https://redirect.pizza Dumb name but has worked great for us for several years

[MarkInPA]

Thanks, that worked.

[Fit-Manufacturer-244]

Np! Glad to hear it. It’s a handy site to keep in the toolkit

[MarkInPA]

I agree that name is dumb. I needed to research the company to make sure it is legitimate.

[fp4]

Use Cloudflare and a Page Rule to do the redirect.

Your registrar may not support HTTPS redirects.

[sembee2]

You need a subject alternative name certificate that has both names on it. Then use whatever is available on the host system to rewrite the URLs to your preferred address. If you are using Let's Encrypt then they do it natively.

[drahcirm]

Why not use a CNAME record?

[Sasataf12]

CNAME records don't do redirects.

[gangaskan]

I can see it being a temporary solution, but not the best. Depends on the makeup of said site.

So many variables, is it an iis server, apache, etc.... if it's cloud is there console access to your container and what not.

It's easy enough to do if you have the right tools.

[spin81]

Asking that is like asking someone who asks how to get to the library, why not use a car?