AutoSSL and HTTP Redirects

HTTP redirects seem to be pretty troublesome: specifically, the default cPanel/Comodo provider will fail if it finds a redirect. To address this, we€™re implementing logic in 60 to insert mod_redirect exclusions into a virtual host€™s .htaccess file when necessary.

You can do this in 58, but it will be a manual process. Here are the exclusions to add in:

For cPanel€™s internal DCV checks:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$

For Comodo:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt$

For Let€™s Encrypt:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/

Insert these lines before every €œRewriteRule€ directive to ensure that domain control validation (DCV) will avoid redirects. Only the Comodo one should be strictly necessary, but the others are good ideas just in case.

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