NGINX 301 list of redirects SEO

Question

I have about 250 URLS that need to be redirected from an old site to new. In the server block I set this statement:

include /etc/nginx/301s/somesite.conf;

Then in the included file I have a list of the urls (shown are four of them):

location = /programs-services/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/ }
location = /meeting-planner/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/speaker-kit/ }
location = /media/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/ }
location = /research-fund/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/about/ }

However, Nginx won't restart and complains:

unexpected "}" at the end of the first line.

Is there a better / correct way to implement this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '18 at 17:53

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I don't know of a better way, although I too would like to, but your configuration is broken due to missing ; after return directive.

location = /programs-services/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/; }
location = /meeting-planner/ { return 301 https://www.somesite.com/speaker-kit/; }

answered Jan 04 '18 at 17:53

virullius

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This answer might also be of interest: https://serverfault.com/a/441517/405852 – virullius Jan 04 '18 at 17:57
Both good answers, but I can get neither to work properly, Nginx complains about Unregistered Authentication Agent – gigaboy Jan 04 '18 at 20:03
That is not an nginx error. It appears to be a PolicyKit error. – virullius Jan 04 '18 at 21:45

NGINX 301 list of redirects SEO

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