Nginx location alias + redirection

Question

I want to be able, if the request tries to access <host>/.well-known/acme-challenge/ to serve the matching file if found.

If the request is something else, I want to redirect it to https://

server { listen 8080; server_name my_example.com; location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { alias /var/www/encrypt/.well-known/acme-challenge/; try_files $uri =404; } return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; }

Problem is when accessing to my_example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/12345 which exist in alias path, i'm still redirected to https:// and the browser doesn't download the file.

How can I just serve the file and not apply the redirection in this case ?

Thanks

EXACTLY the same setup as us

Richard Peck
– Richard Peck

2018-01-15 15:35:21 +00:00
Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 15:35 — Richard Peck
– Richard Peck, Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 15:35

Richard Smith · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-05 14:27:58Z

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Place the return statement inside a location block:

For example:

server { listen 8080; server_name my_example.com; location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { root /var/www/encrypt; } location / { return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; } }

Also, simplified your other location block.

answered Apr 5, 2017 at 14:27

Richard Smith

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sf_tristanb Over a year ago

your location suggestion / will match all other request right ?

Richard Smith Over a year ago

@sf_tristanb Yes, you can think of it as the default location block.

sf_tristanb Over a year ago

Thank you @Richard Smith

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