# Force Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-redirect-http-to-https/57393>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-redirect-http-to-https/57393 "2017-02-14T22:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![arothberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@arothberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arothberg)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-redirect-http-to-https/57393/1 "2017-02-14T22:17:44Z")

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I would to redirect users that access the discourse site on port http to port https. I have checked `force https` but that does not seem to be causing a redirect to happen. The SSL termination is being done external to discourse (discourse always listens on 80).

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