Redirecting HTTP To HTTPS (Admins)
UPDATE: After following the instructions below change the 'AdminURL' setting in Main Engine to follow the new secure link!
UPDATE 2!: Go to wwwroot/sp_admin/ and open the web.config file.
After completeting the steps below, change the following line of code. Change false to True for enabled. Hit Save
<rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" enabled="FALSE" stopProcessing="true">
Due to recent inquiries from Team Sports about cyber security concerns, I have created a help desk section to redirect any traffic that goes to an http to https.
Note: This is for /sp_admin. Verify with L2, Richard or Shingo before doing this. Test on a VM. Especially if the track has custom setup
URL Rewrite has a GUI to allow you to enter rules within IIS 7; in the background all this does is edit the web.config file of the site.
In the following example we will redirect HTTP to HTTPs using URL Rewrite. You will need the following items completed in order for this to work correctly.
– SSL Certificate for site installed in IIS.
– Site properly installed and configured for SSL (site set up and binding in IIS configured).
– URL Rewrite 2.0 is installed on the sever.
In this article, I made the change for TSBrighton.
Go to IIS> Server> Sites> Default Websites> sp_admin and double click URL REWRITE
Once you open URL REWRITE, you will need to create a rule. In this case a Blank Rule. See below
Click Add Rule> Blank Rule
Then you will click on Add within Conditions section in the middle of the screen
Add in the following information
Hit Apply, Restart IIS, and you are done! Now if someone goes to http://trackname.clubspeedtiming.com/sp_admin they will automagically end up on https://trackname.clubspeedtiming.com/sp_admin