Hi, I have Apache 2.46, running on RHEL 7.5 server with an OV SSL certificate configured using AWS.
This a fresh application made using laravel new blog. All I have done is change permissions for storage and bootstrap/cache directories (the proper way) and setup the basic application config (database, env, etc).
My httpd.conf is setup to serve everything from /var/www/html/public/ and my Laravel application is inside /var/www/html/.
I am encountering two issues, which don't seem to be documented anywhere, maybe someone here can help me.
The SSL works on the homepage, works on both HTTP and HTTPS. However, when I visit /home (produced from make:auth) it only works over HTTP. If I visit it from HTTPS it will look like this (see image below).

How do you go about properly setting up Laravel for HTTPS? I usually add
#<VirtualHost *:80>
# RewriteEngine On
# RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https
# RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP:Host}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=permanent]
#</VirtualHost>
to the httpd.conf, but adding this now creates a too many redirects error. I would like to force HTTPS for all requests. Also for some reason, running Laravel creates 503 errors , haven't been able to find out why.
.env
APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=base64:{my_key}
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=https://www.{my_domain}.com/
.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews -Indexes
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
httpd.conf
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
</Directory>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/public"
<Directory "/var/www">
AllowOverride None
# Allow open access:
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/html/public">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
I am pretty sure this is due to the asset() and route() methods used in resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php but where do I configure if this returns HTTP or HTTPS? I have .env set to use HTTPS?