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Force Rewrite To HTTPS Except For Page

Here’s how to force a rewrite pages to https except for a couple of pages.

RewriteEngine On
 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^\/page1\/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^\/page2\/
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]    
 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/page1\/ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/page2\/
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

The first rule-set will redirect all pages not /page1/ or /page2/ to the same URL but https://.
The second rule will make sure that /page1/ and /page2/ are redirected back to http:// if accessed via https://.

Here’s the Stackdriver source.

SSL Expiry

It’s not always clear how to find out when your SSL certificate is expiring. Openssl should be able to tell you.

$ openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in certificate.crt

Working with SSMTP

Sometimes you just want something simple. There’s no need to configure sendmail every time you build a box.

Instead, you can install and use ssmtp coupled with a Gmail account.