# Rewrite rule problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule-problem/197951>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [October 23, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule-problem/197951 "2010-10-23T07:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/85f322/32.png) [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule-problem/197951/1 "2010-10-23T07:51:15Z")

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I am trying to write a rewrite rule to forward:

[http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg](http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg)

to the new URL:

[http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg)

In the /images directory location.

I need to forward any image traffic that comes to  
[images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000](http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000) to [www.hollywoodgrind.com](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com).

Any help would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![thuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@thuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thuss)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule-problem/197951/2 "2010-10-23T09:36:40Z")

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Today Oct 23, 2010 at 07:51 Todd HG wrote:

> I am trying to write a rewrite rule to forward:

[http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg](http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg)

> to the new URL:

[http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/images/2008/7/vanessa-hudgens-and-zac-efron-vacation-part-2-1.jpg)

> In the /images directory location.
> 
> I need to forward any image traffic that comes to  
> images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000 to [www.hollywoodgrind.com](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com).

server {  
listen 209.62.71.66:9000;  
server\_name [images.hollywoodgrind.com](http://images.hollywoodgrind.com);  
…  
location /images {  
rewrite ^ http://www.hollywoodgrind.com$request\_uri? permanent;  
}  
…  
}

–  
WNGS-RIPE

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**Author:** ![thuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@thuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thuss)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule-problem/197951/3 "2010-10-23T21:51:01Z")

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Thank you Oleksandr. That works perfectly.