# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS for Lightsail load balancers
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After you configure HTTPS on your Amazon Lightsail load balancer, you can configure an HTTP to HTTPS redirect so that users who browse to your website or web application using an HTTP connection are automatically redirected to the encrypted HTTPS connection. For more information about load balancers, see [Load balancers](understanding-lightsail-load-balancers.md).

## Complete the prerequisites
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Complete the following prerequisites if you haven't already:
+ Create a load balancer and attach instances to it. For more information, see [Create a load balancer and attach instances to it](create-lightsail-load-balancer-and-attach-lightsail-instances.md).
+ Create an SSL/TLS certificate and attach it to your load balancer to enable HTTPS. For more information, see [Create an SSL/TLS certificate for your Lightsail load balancer](create-tls-ssl-certificate-and-attach-to-lightsail-load-balancer-https.md). For more information about certificates, see [SSL/TLS certificates](understanding-tls-ssl-certificates-in-lightsail-https.md).

## Configure HTTPS redirection on your load balancer using the Lightsail console
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Complete the following procedure to configure HTTPS redirection on your load balancer using the Lightsail console.

1. Sign in to the [Lightsail console](https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Networking**.

1. Choose the name of the load balancer for which you want to configure HTTPS redirection.

1. Choose the **Inbound traffic** tab.

1. In the **Protocols** section of the page, you can perform one of the following actions:  
![\[The toggle to activate or deactivate HTTP to HTTPS redirection on a load balancer\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/amazon-lighstail-load-balancer-redirection-toggle.png)
   + Toggle the direction option to active to turn on HTTP to HTTPS redirection.
   + Toggle the direction option to inactive to turn off HTTP to HTTPS redirection.

   Your change takes a few moments to become effective.

## Configure HTTP to HTTPS redirect for a load balancer with the AWS CLI
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Complete the following procedure to configure HTTPS redirection on your load balancer using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). You do this by using the `update-load-balancer-attribute` command. For more information, see [update-load-balancer-attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/lightsail/update-load-balancer-attribute.html) in the *AWS CLI Command Reference*.

**Note**  
You must install the AWS CLI and configure it for Lightsail before continuing with this procedure. For more information, see [Configure the AWS CLI to work with Lightsail](lightsail-how-to-set-up-and-configure-aws-cli.md).

1. Open a Command Prompt or Terminal window.

1. Enter the following command to configure HTTPS redirection on your load balancer.

   ```
   aws lightsail update-load-balancer-attribute --load-balancer-name LoadBalancerName --attribute-name HttpsRedirectionEnabled --attribute-value AttributeValue
   ```

   In the command, replace the following example text with your own:
   + *LoadBalancerName* with the name of the load balancer for which you want to activate or deactivate HTTP to HTTPS redirection.
   + *AttributeValue* with `true` to activate redirection, or `false` to deactivate redirection.
**Note**  
The `HttpsRedirectionEnabled` attribute in the command specifies that you wish to edit whether HTTPS redirection is enabled or disabled for the specified load balancer.

   Examples:
   + To activate HTTP to HTTPS redirection on your load balancer:

     ```
     aws lightsail update-load-balancer-attribute --load-balancer-name MyLoadBalancer --attribute-name HttpsRedirectionEnabled --attribute-value true
     ```
   + To deactivate HTTP to HTTPS redirection on your load balancer:

     ```
     aws lightsail update-load-balancer-attribute --load-balancer-name MyLoadBalancer --attribute-name HttpsRedirectionEnabled --attribute-value false
     ```

   Your change takes a few moments to become effective.