Force redirect to https on specific port on nginx?

Question

I have website on port 8080 and I want to force https on it. ex. If I type http://mywebsite.com:8080, it should redirect to https://mywebsite.com:8080

How can I do this in nginx conf?

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '19 at 20:23

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Nginx will emit non-standard error code 497 which could be processed with error_page directive. So this would work:

server {
    listen 8080 ssl;

    error_page 497 @force_https;

    location @force_https {
        return 301 'https://$host:$server_port$request_uri';
    }
}

Works:

$ curl -I http://localhost:8080/test/me
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
...
Location: https://localhost:8080/test/me

answered Dec 04 '19 at 20:23

Alexey Ten

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thx but it does not seem to work :( .. it is not redirecting for me – k1ler Dec 05 '19 at 17:16
@k1ler how did you check? Show your config. – Alexey Ten Dec 05 '19 at 17:18
ah I think it is redirecting... stupid chrome I can't see properly when it is http or https.. thx man! – k1ler Dec 05 '19 at 17:18
Btw, browser will cache 301 redirect so next time it will replace http with https without hitting server. – Alexey Ten Dec 05 '19 at 17:19
thx man! I am new to nginx "server { listen 8080 ssl;" what does the ssl next to the 8080 mean? – k1ler Dec 05 '19 at 17:53

Force redirect to https on specific port on nginx?

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