Nginx rewrite rule remove subfolders

Question

I'm trying to setup a nginx rewrite rule but can't figure out how to get it working.

The page https://domainname.com/archives needs to stay active though.

Who can help me out?

Cheers, Jaap

It should be a simple regular expression. Are year, month & date all numeric? Do you want a 301 or 302 redirect? — Richard Smith, Sep 08 '16 at 10:08
I have posted an answer which assumes the date format is `yyyy/mm/dd` — Richard Smith, Sep 08 '16 at 10:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '16 at 10:13

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Try:

rewrite "^/archives/\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/(.+)$" /$1 permanent;

answered Sep 08 '16 at 10:13

Richard Smith

Thanks the format is indeed yyyy/mm/dd. I've put this in a server block like this: server { rewrite "^/archives/\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/(.+)$" /$1 permanent; } Restarted Nginx but the redirect is not working. – Jaap de Wit Sep 08 '16 at 11:10
You need to add it to your existing server block. See [this document](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html) on server blocks. – Richard Smith Sep 08 '16 at 11:21
Yes! First added it to the wrong one. Corrected this and now it's working except for a couple of urls. Will look into that. Thanks for your quick help @richard-smith ! – Jaap de Wit Sep 08 '16 at 11:47

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