Converting .htaccess 301 redirect to nginx

Previously I had the following in my forum .htacces file (my site is in my forum directory, rather than root):

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.studioleaks\.info
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.studioleaks.info/forums/$1 [R=301,L]

The first rule rewrites studioleaks.info to Studio Leaks.

The second rule redirects all requests to Studio Leaks to Studio Leaks.

How do I convert these rules to Nginx, and where in my vhost.conf should they be placed?

It's important I get the redirect working, since my site root (i.e. not my forum root) contains an under construction page I normally want hidden unless the site is own for repairs.

There is only 1 rule there, not two. Think of it as
IF (conditoin) xxxxx
THEN (rule) yyyyy END

nginx uses paths. You should alias the www to the main or vice versa.

Brian,

How would I go about that? Sorry if I'm straying off-topic here. I was going to try asking on the nginx forums, but most of the threads I found were just linking to vbseo.com topics. It seems Nginx users think you guys are the experts on... Nginx.

Unfortunately, i am not. I don't have any more info for you on this.

Hello Aaron ,

I already shared you the required rules within the support ticket you created early this morning.

Mert, I tried those rules, I can't get them to work. All I'm looking for is a permanent redirect from Studio Leaks to Studio Leaks. I can even live without the trailing slash for now.

Hi DevOne, I realize this post is kinda old so maybe you solved it already?
This would be similar to your Apache way, but it is not recommended to use "IF" statement in nginx at all! (Please read "Why If Is Evil and nginx Pitfalls, it is very good on information....)

Code:

        ## Redirect to Domain if $host does not match www.domain.com
        if ($host != 'www.domain.com' ) {
          rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 permanent;
        }

But anyway here it the way I would do it, to save on resources and avoid the "IF" statement

Code:

    server {
        ## Redirect to Domain if $host does not match www.domain.com
        listen       80 default_server;
        server_name  _;
        rewrite ^ http://www.domain.com$request_uri permanent;
    }
    server {
        limit_conn   myzone  20;
        listen       80;
        server_name  www.domain.com;
        root   /var/www/html;
        index index.php index.html index.shtml index.htm;
        ........

Now I am purposefully vague in my example, I did not include the redirect to your forum, but you should be able to easily figure that out

Regards,
Per Hansson
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