# External Redirect when expecting internal redirect **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/external-redirect-when-expecting-internal-redirect/227291 "2013-03-10T13:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hildegunst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/external-redirect-when-expecting-internal-redirect/227291/1 "2013-03-10T13:31:01Z")
Hello, I’m running nginx 1.2.1-2.2 on Debian Wheezy (testing). I try to obtain the following: Depending on the subnet accessing either rewrite internally to a cgi script or to a static Website. For the cgi script that works perfectly fine, for the static web site nginx always does a HTTP 301 instead of an internal rewrite. Here is a stripped down configuration demonstrating the issue: (mini) [/etc/nginx] cat nginx.conf user www-data; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker\_connections 1024; } http { access\_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; error\_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; ``` geo $site { 127.0.0.0/8 eva; default blank; } server { listen 80; server_name localhost; root /var/www; location /eva { internal; gzip off; fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING ``` $query\_string; fastcgi\_param REQUEST\_METHOD $request\_method; fastcgi\_param CONTENT\_TYPE $content\_type; fastcgi\_param CONTENT\_LENGTH $content\_length; ``` fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI ``` $request\_uri; fastcgi\_param DOCUMENT\_URI $document\_uri; fastcgi\_param DOCUMENT\_ROOT $document\_root; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_PROTOCOL $server\_protocol; ``` fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1; fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE ``` nginx/$nginx\_version; ``` fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR ``` $remote\_addr; fastcgi\_param REMOTE\_PORT $remote\_port; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_ADDR $server\_addr; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_PORT $server\_port; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_NAME $server\_name; ``` fastcgi_param HTTPS $https; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME ``` /home/sithglan/work/scripts/web/eva.pl; } ``` location /blank { internal; autoindex on; autoindex_exact_size off; } location = / { rewrite ^ /$site last; } } ``` } (mini) [/etc/nginx] /etc/init.d/nginx restart Restarting nginx: nginx. (mini) [/etc/nginx] curl -I [http://192.168.0.7/](http://192.168.0.7/) HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Server: nginx/1.2.1 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:28:44 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 184 Location: [http://192.168.0.7/blank/](http://192.168.0.7/blank/) Connection: keep-alive (mini) [/etc/nginx] curl -I [http://192.168.0.7/](http://192.168.0.7/) HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Server: nginx/1.2.1 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:28:47 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 184 Location: [http://192.168.0.7/blank/](http://192.168.0.7/blank/) Connection: keep-alive I would like to acomplish that when 127.0.0.0/8 access the webserver the client is internally redirected to eva.pl, which works, but if another ip address access a website from static files is displayed, which works was well if I drop the ‘internal’ keyword from location /blank but not using an internal redirect. What do I have to change in order to make the internal rewrite for the files work? Cheers, Thomas ---
**Author:** ![hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hildegunst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/external-redirect-when-expecting-internal-redirect/227291/2 "2013-03-10T13:57:53Z")
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 01:30:22PM +0100, Thomas G. wrote: Hi there, > Depending on the subnet accessing either rewrite internally to a cgi > script or to a static Website. For the cgi script that works perfectly > fine, for the static web site nginx always does a HTTP 301 instead of an > internal rewrite. What do you expect the user to see with the static web site? As in, what content do you wish nginx to return? > ``` > location /blank { > internal; > autoindex on; > autoindex_exact_size off; > } > > location = / { > rewrite ^ /$site last; > } > > ``` So, the request is for “/”, nginx does a rewrite (internal) to “/blank”, and that is a directory, so nginx does a redirect (external) to “/blank/”. That’s pretty much what I expect to happen. (Then the browser requests /blank/ and gets rejected because the location{} is marked “internal”.) > I would like to acomplish that when 127.0.0.0/8 access the webserver the client > is internally redirected to eva.pl, which works, but if another ip address > access a website from static files is displayed, which works was well if I drop > the ‘internal’ keyword from location /blank but not using an internal redirect. > > What do I have to change in order to make the internal rewrite for the files > work? You can use an internal rewrite to a file, provided that you actually rewrite to a file. Here, you rewrite to a directory without including the trailing /. I confess I’m not sure what it is that you want to do. Possibly setting the default in the map to “blank/” will help? But you will have to decide what the next step for the user is. ## f Francis D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@hildegunst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hildegunst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/external-redirect-when-expecting-internal-redirect/227291/3 "2013-03-10T14:28:51Z")
Hello Francis, - Francis D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [2013-03-10 13:57]: > You can use an internal rewrite to a file, provided that you actually > rewrite to a file. Here, you rewrite to a directory without including > the trailing /. I wanted to rewrite to a directory. I see my mistake now and it should have been obvious to me, but was not. > Possibly setting the default in the map to “blank/” will help? Yes, it resolved my issue. Now it works perfectly fine. Thank you for helping me out. I was searching for two hours now. Cheers, Thomas