Hello!

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:53:03PM +1100, Robert Mueller wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm trying to setup a permanent redirect from http -> https. As a
> fallback for a small number of users where https is blocked, I'd like to
> show them a message.
>
> I thought an error_page 301 handler would allow me to do this, but I'm
> having trouble making it work:
>
> server {
> listen *:80 default;
> rewrite ^ https://example.com$uri permanent;
> }
>
> error_page 301 /foo/bar/301.html;
>
> Seems to confuse the redirect. It seems to completely replace the
> redirect Location header with foo/bar/301.html rather than actually
> serving that content.

This way you'll end up with two 301 redirects due to rewrite being
executed again for /foo/bar/301.html.

Try this instead:

server {
listen 80 default;

location / {
error_page 301 /foo/bar/301.html;
return 301 "https://example.com$request_uri";
}

location = /foo/bar/301.html {
# static
}
}


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Maxim Dounin
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