Unable to use Powershell 5.1 on Server 2019 to set IIS to require SSL and to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS

Question

I need some help with Powershell 5.1 and IIS. First some info: I'm able to successfully deploy both my site (after deleting the default site), my certificate, and bind the certificate to the site. Easy peasy. BUT. I need to set the site to require SSL and I need to redirect HTTP to HTTPS. Could someone give some assistance?

Thanks,

Richard

Answer 1

@richardwolford-7948

I need to set the site to require SSL

You can retrieve the binding information of your site using the Get-WebBinding cmdlet and set the SSL Certificate using the AddSslCertificate function:

$siteName = 'mywebsite'  
$dnsName = 'www.mywebsite.ru'  
  
# create the ssl certificate  
$newCert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName $dnsName -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My  
  
# get the web binding of the site  
$binding = Get-WebBinding -Name $siteName -Protocol "https"  
  
# set the ssl certificate  
$binding.AddSslCertificate($newCert.GetCertHashString(), "my")  

I need to redirect HTTP to HTTPS

You can refer to this link: PowerShell script that automatically adds a HTTP to HTTPS redirect rule to a web site's web.config..

More information about this question you can refer to below links:

How to configure SSL on IIS with PowerShell.
How to configure SSL on IIS with PowerShell.
Create a http to https URL redirect in IIS with Powershell.

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