Nginx redirect: folder to external domain

Question

I'm trying to redirect domain1.com/blog/$ to domain2.com/$. How do I edit this to strip the /blog from the redirect?

location /blog {
    rewrite ^/(.*) http://domain2.com/$1 break;
}

It now redirects domain1.com/blog/blabla to domain2.com/blog/blabla (so blog is still there).. Thanks in advance!!

You may try: `rewrite ^/blog/(.*) http://domain2.com/$1 break;` (in which case, you might also be able to get rid of the location block). — cyberx86, Jun 10 '12 at 22:57
It works!!! :) Thanks!! I can't set your reply as the right one because you added a comment instead of a reply (I think.. I'm rather new here).. :( — MultiformeIngegno, Jun 10 '12 at 23:16
You cannot accept a comment - and respondents shouldn't post answers as comments - it's a bad habit of mine (usually when I don't have a chance to verify my answer). Posted as an answer so you can close out the question. — cyberx86, Jun 11 '12 at 00:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '12 at 00:19

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You want the regex part of your rewrite to match against ^/blog/ and capture everything following it:

rewrite ^/blog/(.*) http://domain2.com/$1 break;

Using such an approach, you may also be able to get rid of the location block.

answered Jun 11 '12 at 00:19

cyberx86

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