Redirect HTTP to HTTPS using IIS is not working

Question

I have a Web Application. Its AAM is as follows-

Zone         Public URL for Zone

Default      http://sharepoint:46543
Internet     http://abc.something.com
Custom       https://abc.something.com

Before using IIS Rewrite module, if I access the site from any Zone it works fine.

But once I configure Rewrite module as following-

Match URL Section

Requested URL               = Matches the Pattren
Using                       = Regular Expression
Pattren = (.*)

Conditioins

Logical Grouping            = Match All
Condition Input             = {HTTPS}
Check if input string       = Matches the pattren
Pattren                     = ^OFF$

Actions

Action Type                  = Redirect
Redirect URL                 = https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}
Append Query String          = True
Redirect Type                = See Other (303)

If I try to access the site on the Web Front Server i.e. using Default Zone http://sharepoint:46543 the website does not open. Even Central Administration stop opening at this time.

If I try to access Internet Zone http://abc.something.com then it gets redirected to Custom Zone https://abc.something.com but it does not open the site. Even if I try to access Custom Zone site by directly entering the URL, it does not open.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Here is how I solved this-

1. Removed the IIS Rewrite rules completely.
2. In AAM, Default Zone http://sharepoint:46543 remain same
3. Click on Edit Public URLs, enter https://abc.something.com (HTTPS) in Internet and Click Save.
4. Click on Add Internal URLs and enter http://abc.something.com (only HTTP) and Save.

Source - http://blog.blksthl.com/2012/12/20/a-guide-to-https-and-secure-sockets-layer-in-sharepoint-2013/