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Nginx Redirect from /forum/ to /forums/

Discussion in 'Nginx, PHP-FPM & MariaDB MySQL' started by pamamolf, Mar 24, 2020.

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  1. Mar 24, 2020 #1
    pamamolf

    pamamolf Premium Member Premium Member

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    Hello

    I am trying to redirect from forum to forums:
    Code:
    https://domain.com/forum/topic/blabla
    to
    Code:
    https://domain.com/forums/topic/blabla
    I tested this:
    Code:
    location ~ /forum(.*) {
  rewrite ^(.*)$ /forums$1 redirect; 
}
    and this:
    Code:
    location ~ /forum/(.*) {
  rewrite ^(.*)$ /forums/$1 redirect; 
}
    result was:
    Code:
    https://domain.com/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forum/topic/
    then i tested:
    Code:
    location ~ ^/forum(.*)$ {   
    return 301 /forums$1;   
}
    and this:
    Code:
    location ~ ^/forum/(.*)$ {   
    return 301 /forums/$1;   
}
    result was:
    Code:
    https://domain.com/forumsssssssssssssssssss/topic/
    Any ideas how can i fix that?

    Thank you
     
  2. Mar 24, 2020 #2
    JoeDer

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    Code:
    location = /forum {
  return 301 /forums;
}
    or
    Code:
    location ~ /forum/(.*)$ {
   rewrite ^ /forums/$1?$args permanent;
}
     
  3. Mar 24, 2020 #3
    eva2000

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    Code (Text):
    location ~ ^/forum/?(.*)$ {
    return 301 /forums/$1;
}

    Code (Text):
    curl -I http://domain.com/forum
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:12:46 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 162
Location: http://domain.com/forums/
Connection: keep-alive
Server: nginx centminmod
X-Powered-By: centminmod

    Code (Text):
    curl -I http://domain.com/forum/
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:12:50 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 162
Location: http://domain.com/forums/
Connection: keep-alive
Server: nginx centminmod
X-Powered-By: centminmod

    Code (Text):
    curl -I http://domain.com/forum/topic
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:13:00 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 162
Location: http://domain.com/forums/topic
Connection: keep-alive
Server: nginx centminmod
X-Powered-By: centminmod
     
  4. Mar 24, 2020 #4
    pamamolf

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    Thanks both of you !!

    Don't know why but it works only using:
    Code:
    rewrite ^/forum/(.*)$ https://domain.com/forums/$1 redirect;
    It may not be sufficient at all as if i am not wrong it just creates an extra https request but it's the only one that worked..... don't know why...
     
    Last edited: Mar 24, 2020
  5. Mar 25, 2020 #5
    eva2000

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    301 redirects are permanently cached in web browsers, so if you had an incorrect 301 it could still be cached. You should test with 302 first or use private/incognito browser session or like me use curl in SSH to check headers
     
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