nginx 301 permanent redirect Urls to page/Folder

Question

i need to redirect few URLs. 301 permanent

http://example.com/downloads/example.exe to http://example.com/emaple-page/

i need to do this for 3 URLS , i'm going to do this on .conf file

 server {
    listen 80;
    server_name http://example.com/downloads/example.exe;

    rewrite ^/(.*) http://example.com/emaple-page/$1 permanent;
}
    server {
    listen 80;
    server_name http://example.com/downloads/example2.exe;

    rewrite ^/(.*) http://example.com/emaple-page/$1 permanent;
}
    server {
    listen 80;
    server_name http://example.com/downloads/example3.exe;

    rewrite ^/(.*) http://example.com/emaple-page/$1 permanent;
}

i want to know is this correct ? what is the best way to do it ?

Marki555 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-09T06:44:54.633

0

You can have only 1 server section for each domain. You can put the original URL directly in the rewrite clause.

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.com;
  index index.html index.php
  rewrite ^/downloads/example\.exe  http://example.com/emaple-page/  permanent;
  rewrite ^/downloads/example2\.exe http://example.com/emaple-page2/ permanent;
  rewrite ^/downloads/example3\.exe http://example.com/emaple-page3/ permanent;
}

edited Jul 09 '15 at 06:44

answered Jul 07 '15 at 11:46

Marki555

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Thanks , i will try this one ! i think its OK with SEO ? – djchamike Jul 07 '15 at 13:39
For SEO question read this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/18556097/1129642 (basically google will rewrite the old URL to new one in its database) – Marki555 Jul 07 '15 at 13:56
Thanks , your first solution is up and running :) – djchamike Jul 08 '15 at 18:44
hey , its just working for the above URLs. Site is not loading ( default nginx index page) – djchamike Jul 08 '15 at 23:30
For that to work you need to add the `index` directive (see edited answer). I didn't include it first as it was not part of your original config... – Marki555 Jul 09 '15 at 06:45
what will happen to other URLs/pages/folders ? i just need to redirect those 3 URLS. All the other stuff must work as before – djchamike Jul 09 '15 at 08:55

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