Curl: (51) error when trying to check whether or not my website redirects correctly

Question

When I try to make up a .htaccess file to redirect my www to non-www, I get some issues.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

This is the .htaccess file I've used, after using: curl -I https://www I get:

curl: (51) Unable to communicate securely with peer: requested domain name does not match the server's certificate.

But after using curl -I http://www I get a 301 redirection, which was my intended case but it redirects to HTTPS www.

The problem of that is that I get a DNS error when I'm visiting it on the internet.

How can I possibly fix this?

Solution

Your ssl certificate is propably self-signed, try using curl with the -k (--insecure) option which disables ssl verification.

Comments

[MrWhite]

Did you implement HSTS?

[Strazz]

I did indeed do that.

[Strazz]

That seems to give me the right info, but how can I then counter the NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID from Chrome?