How to 301 redirect IP to domain? Basically my site is accessible from abc.com and the relevant ip on which it is pointing

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I have read major tutorials and questions on how to 301 redirect the ip to my main domain but everything seems irrelevant - either I couldnt locate the relevant lines to be changed or the versions of ubuntu are different. Any help here is appreciated?

Answer 1

UKn0Me February 17, 2017

Create a default server block if you haven’t got one already with

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    return 301 http://abc.com/;
}

If you already have a default server block, all you have to add is the return line.

This will redirect any requests that do not match a configured virtual host (server block in nginx)

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unicornomy February 17, 2017

Thanks @UKn0Me

I tried editing this “sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default” location - but then website stopped loading.

Error dispalyed in chrome was “Website redirecting too many times”
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- UKn0Me February 17, 2017
  
  You’ve likely put the return line into the server block for your domain, where server_name abc.com; would be. If you’re using the provided server block for your site, you’ll want to create a new one, as outlined above.
  
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  unicornomy February 17, 2017
  
  I have these settings :
  server_name XX.XX.XX.XX (IP of the Server)
  
  And I have put the 301 line in the server block where it is as follows:
  server {
  listen 80 defaultserver;
  listen [::]:80 defaultserver;
  return 301 http://abc.com/;
  
  ....
  }
  
  I think the server_name should not be the IP but my actual domain name (abc.com) is it?
  
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  UKn0Me February 17, 2017
  
  That would be correct, you would want something like this;
  
  server { # The default server block # By default, requests will go here if they don't # match another server block, redrecting them. listen 80 default_server; return 301 http://abc.com/; } server { # Your site's server block # Requests to your domain will reach # this server block, and will not be redirected. listen 80; server_name abc.com; # Your site's configuration... }
  
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  unicornomy February 17, 2017
  
  Thanks that worked really well :)
  
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Answer 2

unicornomy February 17, 2017

Thanks @UKn0Me

I tried editing this “sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default” location - but then website stopped loading.

Error dispalyed in chrome was “Website redirecting too many times”
Reply Report
- UKn0Me February 17, 2017
  
  You’ve likely put the return line into the server block for your domain, where server_name abc.com; would be. If you’re using the provided server block for your site, you’ll want to create a new one, as outlined above.
  
  Reply Report
  
  unicornomy February 17, 2017
  
  I have these settings :
  server_name XX.XX.XX.XX (IP of the Server)
  
  And I have put the 301 line in the server block where it is as follows:
  server {
  listen 80 defaultserver;
  listen [::]:80 defaultserver;
  return 301 http://abc.com/;
  
  ....
  }
  
  I think the server_name should not be the IP but my actual domain name (abc.com) is it?
  
  Reply Report
  
  UKn0Me February 17, 2017
  
  That would be correct, you would want something like this;
  
  server { # The default server block # By default, requests will go here if they don't # match another server block, redrecting them. listen 80 default_server; return 301 http://abc.com/; } server { # Your site's server block # Requests to your domain will reach # this server block, and will not be redirected. listen 80; server_name abc.com; # Your site's configuration... }
  
  Reply Report
  
  unicornomy February 17, 2017
  
  Thanks that worked really well :)
  
  Reply Report

Answer 3

kumuduweerasinghepro October 26, 2018

Man, you saved my life too. Thank You so much!!!!!

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