301 redirect

Server NGINX
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Hello,

I need to redirect some URLs after redesigning my website.
I use a 301 redirect for HTTP to HTTPS protocole :

if ($scheme = “http”) {
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

But how do I redirect URLs that have been changed ?
ie. mywebsite.com is available for purchase - Sedo.com to
mywebsite.com is available for purchase - Sedo.com

I did try

if ( $request_filename ~ oldname.html/ ) {
rewrite ^ mywebsite.com is available for purchase - Sedo.com? permanent;
}

But this doesn’t work.

My website is hosted on a server with Direct Admin runing on a CentOS
with
Nginx as webserver. Don’t know if it helps.

Thanks in advance for help

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On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 10:57:26PM +0100, JACK LINKERS wrote:

But how do I redirect URLs that have been changed ?
ie. https://mywebsite.com/oldname.html to https://mywebsite.com/newname.html

location = /oldname.html { return 301 /newname.html; }

I did try

if ( $request_filename ~ oldname.html/ ) {
rewrite ^ https://mywebsite.com/newname.html/? permanent;
}

But this doesn’t work.

Yes, it does. If your incoming request matches the string
“oldname.html/”.

It just isn’t a very good way of implementing it.

f

Francis D. [email protected]

3

Hi Francis,

Thanks for your input. What would be the best ways doing it then ?
(I forgot to mention there is a large amount of URLs : +/- 20)

Is this a good way ? :

map $old $new {
oldlink.html newlink.com
oldink2.html newlink2.html
}

location $old {
return 301 $scheme://$host$new;
}

If not, could you show me an example ?

Thanks in advance

2015-02-14 23:22 GMT+01:00 Francis D. [email protected]:

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On 14/02/2015 21:57, JACK LINKERS wrote:

ie. https://mywebsite.com/oldname.html to
My website is hosted on a server with Direct Admin runing on a CentOS
with Nginx as webserver. Don’t know if it helps.

Thanks in advance for help

Hi Jack,

I’m no nginx expert, but I think you should use location instead of if,
its faster and less prone to create other errors.
I think you can also use 301 redirects.

I would proceed to set up lots of location clauses thus:

location = /oldurl$ {
return 301 https://$server_name/newurl;
}

Hope this works for you

Ian

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On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:30:19PM +0100, JACK LINKERS wrote:

Hi there,

Thanks for your input. What would be the best ways doing it then ?
(I forgot to mention there is a large amount of URLs : +/- 20)

A bunch of lines like

location = /oldname.html { return 301 /newname.html; }

(It’s the “if” that isn’t the good way of implementing it.)

Is this a good way ? :

No.

I’d say just use “location =”.

Good luck with it,

f

Francis D. [email protected]

6

Ok, thanks !

2015-02-14 23:37 GMT+01:00 Francis D. [email protected]: