Apache 2.2.3, DISABLE redirect port 80 to 443

Question

Sorry if I'm not clear, I'm newbie...

We have a server Apache 2.2.3 on RHEL. In the httpd.conf there is no VirtualHost configuration, And the iptables service is stopped

Based on this, https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RedirectSSL I added in the httpd.conf file:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName mysite.address.com

</VirtualHost>

But when I try to access http://mysite.address.com I still get https://mysite.address.com

(Thanks Simon Greenwood) There is a .htaccess with this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

It seems for me that

RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

redirect all to https Isn't it?

If yes, is it enouth to comment this line to stop the redirect?

Thanks

Solution

Yes, you can remove RewriteRule for https and this prevent redirect from http to https. As well, you could remove whole .htaccess, it doesn't contain anything except rewriting to https.

Comments

[Sami]

Where is https rule, I want to remove it, but can find no where. I could only see this line in .htaccess RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] I removed and it makes no difference

[Alexander Tolkachev]

@Sami you should read how 301 redirect works.