IIS Rewrite - Redirecting only the root of one hostname to HTTPS?

Question

I\'m trying to redirect only user who enters http ://site.domain.com to https ://site.domain.com

Any other http page should not redirect to https (ex: http://site.domain

Answer 1

What is the regular expression to match the empty string for a rewrite rule?

But I would try to stick with ^$ and try this variant:

<rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="false">
            <match url="^$" />
            <conditions>
                <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
            </conditions>
            <action type="Redirect" url="https://{SERVER_NAME}/" redirectType="Permanent" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>