Cloudflare SSL cert is installed and I need to redirect to HTTPS not HTTP

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Netlify name: trusting-tesla-b1b67c
Domain: Custom domain not controlled by Netlify.

I have connected a sub-domain to netlify and have chosen to not have Netlify control DNS. When the Sub-domain was created Cloudflare auto-generated an SSL. There are currently 2 versions of the site that are live an HTTP and HTTPS (cloud flare). How do I redirect to the HTTPS version via the .toml file? or do I have to re-generate the certificate and install it via Netlifys panel?

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Hi @augdog978

Domain-level Redirects is what you are requiring for this. The example in the documentation uses _redirects syntax.

netlify.toml Example:

[[redirects]]
  from = "http://example.com/*"
  to = "https://example.com/:splat"
  status = 301
  force = true
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@coelmay Whats :splat?
Also, the application is Reactjs, would the user still be able to navigate to other pages?

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:splat is explained in the documentation previously linked.

An asterisk indicates a splat that will match anything that follows it.

With SPAs such as React you need a rewrite as explained here. In a netlify.toml the syntax is

[[redirects]]
  from = "/*"
  to = "/index.html"
  status = 200

This rule must go last (previous rule must go first.)

I believe these two rules together will work as desired in directing all HTTP traffic to HTTPS and allow React to do the routing, however not having a HTTP site to test on, I cannot say for certain.

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Yes, I did exactly that and it worked. You have been an amazing help, thank you!

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Whats the best way to account for www in the .toml file?

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You would need to create a second rule in addition to the previous.

Example

[[redirects]]
  from = "http://example.com/*"
  to = "https://example.com/:splat"
  status = 301
  force = true

[[redirects]]
  from = "http://www.example.com/*"
  to = "https://example.com/:splat"
  status = 301
  force = true

[[redirects]]
  from = "/*"
  to = "/index.html"
  status = 200

If you wished to have the www present in the URL the user sees you would change the to value e.g.

to = "https://www.example.com/:splat