EA4 - Apache http redirection to https

[markusa]

I would like to redirect all my http traffic to https and I'm following this:
RedirectSSL - Httpd Wiki

And would like to use the vhost method.

However using cpanel on a shared hosting server, I'm running into an issue with my web host.
I've sent them a request to modify the VirtualHost for a shared hosting account, since the mod_rewrite solution is in conflict with existing mod_rewrite rules and apache authentication.
However my host refused to follow my request with this response:
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We cannot directly modify the apache configuration file's virtual host entry as it will cause issues during the next upgrades or apache configuration rebuild, Also a single configuration error will result in the break of all the domains hosted in the server. Your domain is in a shared server where other customers domains are also hosted, So we cant do this kind of configuration file changes.
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They are running Running EA4 on

• CENTOS 6.9 x86_64 virtuozzo
  
• cPanel & WHM 64.0 (build 36)

Just wondering if this is really true what they are telling me.
Has Cpanel such a poor program logic, that the custom vhost entries will be lost with an apache upgrade or apache rebuild?
And that it may take down the whole server, just because of a custom entry in vhost of 1 domain ???

I find this very odd.

Any advise?

Thanks.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

It's possible to customize a virtual host and ensure the changes are preserved. We document how to do this at:

Modify Apache Virtual Hosts with Include Files - EasyApache 4 - cPanel Documentation

Thank you.

 

[markusa]

Hi,

nice to hear, that it is possible to preserve the entries in a single vhost entry for a custom domain on a shared server.

What about their other statement:
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Also a single configuration error will result in the break of all the domains hosted in the server.
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Are they right? Because that is another reason why they refuse to do it.

Thanks very much,

Markus

 

[cPanelMichael]

Also a single configuration error will result in the break of all the domains hosted in the server.

Hello,

Yes, if a specific entry is invalid, it will prevent a successful generation of the Apache configuration file. It's possible to test a new configuration after adding it via the following commands:

 /scripts/ensure_vhost_includes
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

Thank you.