nginx folder redirect

Question

I'm trying redirect from an exact folder in nginx.conf

Given the URL: domain.com/path1/path2/path3

Redirect to: sub.domain.com/path1/path2/path3

Here's what I have so far:

location ~* ^/path1[\/?]$ {
    rewrite ^/(.*) http:sub.domain.com/$1 break;
}

I had it working with

location /path1 {
    rewrite ^/(.*) http:sub.domain.com/$1 break;
}

The problem with that is it also redirects a page like domain.com/path1moretext/someotherpath to sub.domain.com/path1moretext/someotherpath

Which is not what I want. (had to take out the "//" in the href code above because this is my first post, sorry).

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:22

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location = /path1 {
  rewrite ^ http://sub.domain.com$uri permanent;
}
location /path1/ {
  rewrite ^ http://sub.domain.com$uri?$args permanent;
}

edit: also read this for information on last/break/permanent/redirect.

answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:22

edogawaconan

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '10 at 20:52

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location / {

  rewrite ^\/path1\/(.*)$ http://sub.domain.com/$1 last;

  // rest of config for root

}

I'm from an Apache background and I've just started using Nginx in earnest, I've struggled with the re-writes myself, but, I've used the above recently without apparent issue.

answered Mar 02 '10 at 20:52

Andrew Taylor

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Accomplishes the same thing, thanks. Though I changed the rewrite to: rewrite ^\/path1\/(.*)$ http://sub.domain.com/path1/$1 break; Not sure of the difference between last and break yet. Something to do with a limit of 10 options when using location? I'm just recalling other documentation from memory here. Thanks! – user36532 Mar 02 '10 at 21:22

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