Can I Force Https Using Virtualhosts Instead Of Using Mod_Rewrite?

[locked]

I have an SSL certificate installed on my domain (both example.heliohost.org and example.tk, and variants), and would like to make it so that users going to http://example.tk are redirected to https://example.tk. I am currently using mod_rewrite inside .htaccess to make this work, but every post I can find on this online says this is a last resort and that using apache virtualhosts is much better. The problem is, I have no idea where the necessary apache configuration files are located, if I need to create them, or if I even have access to them. Or, should I use cPanel's redirects along with a wildcard instead? Some other method? Thanks for any help.

 

Edit: Also, I'm on Ricky, if that helps.

[Krydos]

Just use .htaccess. Even I don't really have access to virtualhosts. Cpanel gets very angry at me when I mess with httpd.conf.

[locked]

Okay, thanks! My current .htaccess rule is below, does it look good to you?

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on

RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

 

[Krydos]

That looks pretty close to what I use.