Configure HTTP to HTTPS redirection using the Azure portal

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Important

Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on March 31, 2027. To avoid any service disruption, it is important that you migrate your Azure Front Door (classic) profiles to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium tier by March 2027. For more information, see Azure Front Door (classic) retirement.

This guide explains how to redirect traffic from HTTP to HTTPS for an Azure Front Door (classic) profile using the Azure portal. This setup ensures that all traffic to your domain is securely redirected to HTTPS.

Prerequisites

Create HTTP to HTTPS redirect rule

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to the Azure Front Door (classic) profile you want to configure. Select Front Door designer under Settings in the left-hand menu.

  3. Select the + icon under Routing rules to create a new route. Name the route, for example, HttpToHttpsRedirect, and set the Accepted Protocol to HTTP only. Choose the Frontend/domains you want to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.

    Screenshot of adding a route in Front Door designer.

  4. In the Route Details section, set the Route Type to Redirect. Choose Moved (301) for Redirect type and HTTPS only for Redirect protocol.

    Screenshot of adding an HTTP to HTTPS redirect route.

  5. Select Add to create the routing rule for HTTP to HTTPS redirection.

Create forwarding rule

  1. Add another routing rule for handling HTTPS traffic. Select the + icon under Routing rules to add a new route. Name the route, for example, DefaultForwardingRoute, and set the Accepted Protocols to HTTPS only. Select the appropriate Frontend/domains for accepting this traffic.

  2. In the Route Details section, set the Route Type to Forward. Choose a backend pool to forward the traffic to and set the Forwarding Protocol to HTTPS only.

    Screenshot of adding a forward route for HTTPS traffic.

  3. Select Add to create the forwarding route, then select Save to apply the changes to the Front Door profile.

Note

Creating this redirect rule will incur a small charge.

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