ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS with nginx

Question

I want to redirect all my http traffic to redirect to https. I am using letsencrypt. I read online that return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; would redirect all the traffic to my website over to https but instead it results in ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS.

Everything works fine without the above mention statement, but then I have to specifically specify https in the URL. Here's my /etc/nginx/sites-available/default file:

server { listen 80 default_server; listen 443 ssl default_server; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mywebsite.me/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mywebsite.me/privkey.pem; root /home/website/mywebsite/public; index index.html index.htm index.php; server_name mywebsite.me www.mywebsite.me; return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args; } location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock; } }

Where am I going wrong?

Michael Hampton · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-04 17:21:34Z

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In my case it was Cloudflare. I had to change to Full SSL encryption

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answered Mar 21, 2020 at 14:33

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Ahmet Uğur Over a year ago

You are a hero.

DaX Over a year ago

As soon as i read CloudFlare i was like "omg i forgot about that completely". Thank you for reminding me!

Supreme Gang Certified Member Over a year ago

Yes, I use Cloudflare but still, when you have multiple server blocks it won't force redr to HTTPS is still allows HTTP

Mário Rodrigues Over a year ago

Give this guy a medal, please! :D

damuz91 Over a year ago

Would anyone please explain why Cloudflare full SSL would do the job?

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Tarun Lalwani · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-25 21:01:16Z

Change your config to below

server { listen 80 default_server; server_name mywebsite.me www.mywebsite.me; return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; } server { listen 443 ssl default_server; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mywebsite.me/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mywebsite.me/privkey.pem; root /home/website/mywebsite/public; index index.html index.htm index.php; server_name mywebsite.me www.mywebsite.me; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args; } location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock; } }

Your current config redirects on both http and https to https. So it becomes a infinite loop because of the return statement. You want return statement only when connection is http. So you split it into two server blocks

OritK · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 05:53:52Z

i had the same problem. i found lots of questions/answers and articles about it but nothing helped. i then tried to access my site from a different browser and it worked just fine! deleting the cache from my chrome browser solved it.

So - keep in mind when you try different solutions to also clear your cache

Vit · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-02 21:30:54Z

In addition to @ZyQux: Have domain on Cloudflare, which redirecting to another VPS provider, where Certbot. There was loop redirect. To fix it, I have had to switch off proxy (to "DNS only") in DNS management of domain:

Thus thanks to @OritK because after fixing it on Cloudflare even incognito Chrome was showing error on my website. So yes, check it in FireFox

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