nginx rewrite redirect for a folder

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I am trying to do something in nginx to redirect all calls for files in

/images/

to become in:

/assets/images/

can someone help me with the rewrite rule? giving a 301 moved permanently status?

score 53 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '15 at 17:20

53

Here's the preferred way to do this with newer versions of Nginx:

location ~ ^/images/(.*) {
    return 301 /assets/images/$1;
}

answered Dec 24 '15 at 17:20

gsf

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What is `~` for? And the `^` ? Would it work with `$request_uri` instead of `$1` ? – pyfork Dec 25 '16 at 02:43
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@ingo See the [location documentation](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#location). The `~` (tilde) says this is a case-sensitive regex. Otherwise, URLs for `/Images` and `/imAgEs` would match. If this is the desired behavior then make it case-insensitive with `~*`. – gsf Dec 26 '16 at 14:33
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@ingo The `^` (caret) at the front of the regex anchors it to the beginning of the line. Without it, URLs like `/some/plugin/images/blah.jpg` would also match. – gsf Dec 26 '16 at 14:34
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@ingo In this case, `location /images/ {return 301 /assets$request_uri;}` would work. If the redirect does anything other than prepend to the original directory, however (e.g. `/images` -> `/pics`), the regex and `$1` are still necessary. – gsf Dec 26 '16 at 14:47
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You are a true lifesaver @gsf – Jordan Lagan Jun 17 '21 at 16:04

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '13 at 01:19

7

Add below configuration into your nginx.conf

rewrite ^/(images.*) /assets/$1 permanent;

answered Aug 19 '13 at 01:19

oldmonk

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`return 301` instead of rewriting is preferred ( https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/#taxing-rewrites ), see the answer by @gsf – MeXx Feb 15 '16 at 18:15

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