Redirection to canonical domain name

[typesend]

Assuming the official domain for the alpha site is alpha.ca.gov (recommended) then www.alpha.ca.gov should eventually (but quickly) become a 301 (permanent) redirect to alpha.ca.gov.

https://www.alpha.ca.gov should not be marketed but will then work just in case someone mistakenly believes the www is necessary.

How the redirect is configured/created depends on the domain registry and/or hosting environment used.

Additionally, you might plan for a sequential release plan that allows you to maintain alpha.ca.gov as the bleeding edge experimental version when www.ca.gov is replaced by the new site.

Cheers!

[lukefretwell]

@typesend thank you for adding the issue! Yes, this is all being worked on!

[abquirarte]

fixed. Thank you @typesend !

[carterm]

@typesend Reopening this issue until it is completely addressed.

• Document issue
• Add server config file to repo.
• Test
• Deploy
• Add related task to implement Strict Transport Security.

@typesend Thank you for your submission.

[carterm]

The http to https redirect was completed (before the first close), but the www.alpha.ca.gov to alpha.ca.gov permanent redirect will require additional work.

[carterm]

Justification

• If we don't redirect traffic from www.alpha.ca.gov to alpha.ca.gov, we will have two different host records in analytics.

[abquirarte]

Thank you for clarifying @carterm - Can you own this and let me know when we are ready to close?

and +1 @typesend thank you!

[carterm]

Before...
Request URL: https://www.alpha.ca.gov/
Request Method: GET
Status Code: 200 OK (from disk cache)

[carterm]

After...
Request URL: https://www.alpha.ca.gov/
Request Method: GET
Status Code: 301 Moved Permanently (from disk cache)
Location: https://alpha.ca.gov/

[typesend]

Verified! 👍

[carterm]

Added related issue for HSTS. Last task complete. Closing.