# Question regarding rewrite from http to https

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-regarding-rewrite-from-http-to-https/140158>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 11, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-regarding-rewrite-from-http-to-https/140158 "2008-06-11T13:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mansoor_P)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-regarding-rewrite-from-http-to-https/140158/1 "2008-06-11T13:38:03Z")

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Hello,

I am using NGINX as an HTTP proxy, and in some cases, I need to rewrite  
all requests from http:// to https://  
My proxy configuration has two server {} blocks, one with http, and one  
with https

So if my sample configuration looks like: (assume proxy server name is  
[proxy.com](http://proxy.com))

server  
{  
listen 80;  
location /  
{  
rewrite ^/(.\*)$ [https://proxy.com/$1](https://proxy.com/$1);  
}  
}

server  
{  
listen 443;  
…  
}

In this case, I think there is a problem with the regex substitution,  
because I get a line like:

2008/05/31 15:10:11 [error] 5802#0: \*1 rewrite or internal redirection  
cycle while processing  
“[https://proxy.comhttps](https://proxy.comhttps)://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.com/”,  
client: 192.168.159.1, server: [proxy.com](http://proxy.com), request: “GET / HTTP/1.1”,  
host: “[proxy.com](http://proxy.com)”  
2008/05/31 15:10:11 [debug] 5802#0: \*1 http finalize request: 500,  
“[https://proxy.comhttps](https://proxy.comhttps)://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.com/?”  
2008/05/31 15:10:11 [debug] 5802#0: \*1 http special response: 500,  
“[https://proxy.comhttps](https://proxy.comhttps)://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.comhttps://proxy.com/?”  
2008/05/31 15:10:11 [debug] 5802#0: \*1 http set discard body  
2008/05/31 15:10:11 [debug] 5802#0: \*1 HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server  
Error  
Server: nginx/0.7.1  
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:40:11 GMT  
Content-Type: text/html  
Content-Length: 192  
Connection: close

I’ve tested this with nginx 0.7.1

Any help here would be appreciated

Regards,  
Mansoor P.

PS: The redirection works when I use http instead of https

rewrite ^/(.\*)$ [http://proxy.com/$1](http://proxy.com/$1);

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**Author:** ![Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mansoor_P)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-regarding-rewrite-from-http-to-https/140158/2 "2008-06-11T15:09:20Z")

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On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:29:11AM -0700, Mansoor P. wrote:

> location /  
> {  
> rewrite ^/(.\*)$ [https://proxy.com/$1](https://proxy.com/$1);

- 

```
rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://proxy.com/$1;

```

- 

```
rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://proxy.com/$1 redirect;

```

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**Author:** ![Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mansoor\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mansoor_P)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-regarding-rewrite-from-http-to-https/140158/3 "2008-06-12T08:38:45Z")

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Gracias, Igor – Vielen Dank

Regards,  
Mansoor

----- Original Message -----  
From: “Igor S.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:31:27 PM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata,  
Mumbai, New Delhi  
Subject: Re: question regarding rewrite from http to https

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:29:11AM -0700, Mansoor P. wrote:

> location /  
> {  
> rewrite ^/(.\*)$ [https://proxy.com/$1](https://proxy.com/$1);

- 

```
rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://proxy.com/$1;

```

- 

```
rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://proxy.com/$1 redirect;

```