Can't properly forward GoDaddy domain to Heroku server via HTTPS

Question

I have a problem with configuring Godaddy DNS and Heroku hosting server.

The goal is: when I type www.example.com or example.com as URL, it needs to go https://www.example.com.

Right now when I go www.example.com or example.com, it goes http://www.example.com

Configurations are:

On Heroku

• heroku domains:add www.example.com (SSL is working. Cert issued)

On GoDaddy

• DNS record: type=CNAME name=www value=www.example.com.herokudns.com
• DNS forwarding domain: forwardto=https://www.example.com forwardtype=Permanent(301) settings=Forwardonly
• DNS forwarding subdomain: subdomain=example.com forwardto=https://www.example.com forwardtype=Permanent(301) settings=Forwardonly

P.S. If I manually go https://www.example.com the browser shows that it is secured

Edit: Update my nameservers and DNS settings to support this change is checked

Answer 1

Under GoDaddy doamin forwarding, make sure to check the box next to "Update my nameservers and DNS settings to support this change", then save.

If that is done. Confirm that your local dns cache has updated. Run these two commands, if the IP addresses returned are different, you may need to clear your cache or make sure that you haven't made manual changes to your host file.

nslookup example.com 8.8.8.8 ping example.com

Answer 2

Are you using Apache? If so, the .htaccess file is the best way to change the default domain.