[Ask] Nginx Rewite URL

Bayu

Can someone help me with nginx rewrite rules?
I want redirect url permanently from http://domain.com/XYZ/posttitlename.html to http://domain.com/posttitlename.html

XYZ is number generated by wordpress (postid) from 1 to 9999.

Currently I am using a plugin to redirect url, but it seems better when directly handled by nginx. Thank you

vfuse

rewrite ^/([0-9{1,4}])/(.*)$ http://domain.com/$2 redirect;

JustAMacUser

I'd replace [0-9]{1,4} with \d+ so that any number matches, not just 1-9999.

rokok

Yup possible your postid hits more than 4digit numbers better use ([0-9]+)

Bayu

Seems rewrite rules not working properly.

Nginx log: directive "rewrite" is not terminated by ";"... in /nginx/conf/virtual.conf:16

I also have tried to put inside location directive of server block

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
            rewrite ^/([0-9{1,4}])/(.*)$ http://domain.com/$2 redirect;
    }

@rokok said:
Yup possible your postid hits more than 4digit numbers better use ([0-9]+)

Yes, is possible my postid hit more than 4 digit numbers, but I don't add new post again. It was my old blog.

Can you help me to fix my nginx virtualhost conf?

rokok

pastebin, maybe others can help

rewrite ^/([0-9]+)/(.*)(/?)+$ /$2 redirect;

i know nothing about nginx jon snow, ngasal

JustAMacUser

I'm going to recommend two things. First, change the rewrite rule to

rewrite ^/[0-9]+/(.*) http://domain.com/$1 permanent;

This better captures the URLs and also does a 301 redirect so search engines, etc. know that the change is permanent (since you said you're not going back).

Second, check line 16 since that's the error in your Nginx conf file. If necessary, strip identifiable information (such as the domain name) from your file and post it.