aws-elb-redirect-http-middleware

aws-elb-redirect-http-middleware

Redirects all HTTP traffic from an AWS Elastic Load Balancer to HTTPS without resorting to nginx or apache

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Purpose:

• If you're using node/express servers in production that sit behind an AWS ELB, Redirecting all HTTP traffic to HTTPS can be a little tricky because of the following:

  User request (https://<your-domain>) -> AWS ELB (http://<one-of-your-servers>) -> One of your servers
  

• This problem occurs because your SSL cert is attached to your load balancer, but your load balancer forwards requests to your servers using http.

Example Usage:

const express = require("express");
const server = express();
const redirectHTTPMiddleware = require("aws-elb-redirect-http-middleware");
const environment = process.ENV.SERVER_ENV || "development";
 
if (environment === "production") server.use(redirectHTTPMiddleware);