# "port\_in\_redirect off" not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-in-redirect-off-not-working/211671>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 10, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-in-redirect-off-not-working/211671 "2011-09-10T13:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-in-redirect-off-not-working/211671/1 "2011-09-10T13:41:01Z")

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Hello,

I’m running nginx/1.0.5 behing Varnish and serving up static html.  
Whenever I visit a URL which is a directory but without a trailing  
slash, e.g. /blah, it redirects to the non-80 port which nginx is  
running on, e.g. server:5000/blah/. The config is as follows:

http {  
include mime.types;  
default\_type application/octet-stream;  
sendfile on;

```
server {
    listen 5000;
    server_name server.com;
    root /path/html;

    location / {
        index index.html index.htm;
        port_in_redirect off;
   }
}

```

}

I’ve tried moving “port\_in\_redirect off” to http and server contexts,  
and setting “server\_name\_in\_redirect off”, to no avail. The Varnish  
configuration is as simple as can be and just looks for the request  
hostname and forwards to the nginx backend.

Regards,

Andrew

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> **["port\_in\_redirect off" not working.](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215059,215059#msg-215059)**
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> Hello, I'm running nginx/1.0.5 behing Varnish and serving up static html. Whenever I visit a URL which is a directory but without a trailing slash, e.g. /blah, it redirects to the non-80 port which nginx is running on, e.g. server:5000/blah/. The...

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**Author:** ![carrierdetect](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@carrierdetect](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carrierdetect)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-in-redirect-off-not-working/211671/2 "2011-09-10T14:08:51Z")

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Hello!

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 07:40:31AM -0400, carrierdetect wrote:

> ```
> sendfile on;
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> }

Works ok here.

> I’ve tried moving “port\_in\_redirect off” to http and server contexts,  
> and setting “server\_name\_in\_redirect off”, to no avail. The Varnish  
> configuration is as simple as can be and just looks for the request  
> hostname and forwards to the nginx backend.

Try connecting nginx directly or looking though tcpdump to see  
what actually nginx returns.

I suspect it’s actually caching issue, either Varnish cached the  
redirect from your previous nginx config without “port\_in\_redirect  
off;” or your browser did.

Maxim D.

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**Author:** ![carrierdetect](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@carrierdetect](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carrierdetect)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-in-redirect-off-not-working/211671/3 "2011-09-10T15:13:10Z")

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Hi Maxim,

## Maxim D. Wrote:

> I suspect it’s actually caching issue, either  
> Varnish cached the  
> redirect from your previous nginx config without  
> “port\_in\_redirect  
> off;” or your browser did.

Ah, so it appears that my browser had cached the redirect (and I feel  
silly for not having checked this).

Many thanks for your help!

Regards,

Andrew

Posted at Nginx Forum:  
[http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215059,215066#msg-215066](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215059,215066#msg-215066)