Nginx redirects to proxy instead of static files

Asked Sep 06 '19 at 21:21

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I want nginx first redirect http to https, then check for static files in www root dir, if none, pass request to proxy. However, after http->https redirect requests are immediately passed to proxy.

On same server (127.0.0.1 as seen from nginx) port 8000 I have simple flask app that return a string on request to "/":

...
@app.route("/")
def root():
    return "Works!"
...

It works ok (checked in browser).

Nginx conf is

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name lpch $DOMAIN www.$DOMAIN;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name lpch $DOMAIN www.$DOMAIN;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/$DOMAIN/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/$DOMAIN/privkey.pem;

    root /var/www/$DOMAIN/html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    location / {
      try_files $uri index.html @proxy_to_app;
    }

    location @proxy_to_app {
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_redirect off;
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
    }
}

What am I doing wrong?

asked Sep 06 '19 at 21:21

user538772

is $DOMAIN somewhere definied? – djdomi Sep 07 '19 at 05:39
Sure it is. It is actually replacement of actual domain. – user538772 Sep 07 '19 at 08:23
Provably not related to tour problem, but FYI `server_name` couldn’t contain variables. – Alexey Ten Sep 07 '19 at 08:36
What's the absolute path on disk of the file you expect to serve? What's the URL you're hitting that doesn't work? – Ginnungagap Sep 07 '19 at 08:50
/var/www/$DOMAIN/html/index.html – user538772 Sep 07 '19 at 08:53
ehat does access and error log is telling – djdomi Sep 07 '19 at 10:31

Nginx redirects to proxy instead of static files

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