Django HTTPS Redirects

This works for both HTTP and HTTPS where any front end web server such as nginx which handles the actual request sets a header when request comes via HTTPS. In Apache configuration you then use mod_setenvif to set the HTTPS variable, which Django then picks up to use for redirection.

With front end nginx server which handles SSL, set header "X-Forwarded-Proto=https" via:

On Apache, add directive:

The HTTPS variable is picked up as being special by mod_wsgi and it will fix the wsgi.url_scheme in WSGI environment which Django then uses for redirection.

This way you don't need to customize Django stack.