Azure Static Website: The account being accessed does not support http

Question

I use Static website feature of Azure storage account to host React.js application. There is also a CDN endpoint enable for the site (Microsoft Standard CDN pricing tier), so the site URL looks like https://xxx.azureedge.net/. The problem: when I try to access the site via HTTP protocol, it says:

The account being accessed does not support http.
HttpStatusCode: 400
ErrorCode: AccountRequiresHttps
RequestId : 46959fc9-a01e-006d-2bc5-6b781e000000
TimeStamp : 2020-08-06T07:48:01.6590412Z

I would like the user to be redirected to HTTPS version.

Zalucki

Possible duplicate of #63188760 – Centripetal

Answer 1

You can allow HTTP without CDN: Under "Settings"->"Configuration" set "Secure tranfer required" to "Disabled".

However, for redirecting to HTTPS you need for example CDN.

Centripetal

For new Azure user, this page is located in the Blob Storage Account. In additional, to configure it via Terraform, it is set by enable_https_traffic_only in azurerm_storage_account. :) – Ioab

worked perfectly , thank you – Escharotic

Answer 2

The solution was found in Microsoft documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cdn/cdn-standard-rules-engine#redirect-users-to-https It says that the redirection from HTTP to HTTPS can be configured in the Rules engine of CDN endpoint. It makes sense to keep in mind that:

• the rules will not be applied immediately, in my case it started to work in 10 minutes.
• the Rules engine is available for Standard Microsoft and Premium Verizon.

Zalucki