# Rewrite Subdomains to Paths

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-subdomains-to-paths/218122>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [March 21, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-subdomains-to-paths/218122 "2012-03-21T21:15:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-subdomains-to-paths/218122/1 "2012-03-21T21:15:38Z")

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Hey,

Is it possible to rewrite subdomains to paths? I want to do something  
like  
this:

[x.example.com/foo/bar/](http://x.example.com/foo/bar/) → [www.example.com/x/foo/bar/](http://www.example.com/x/foo/bar/)

Thanks!

- Kurtis

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**Author:** ![Kurtis\_Mullins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kurtis\_Mullins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kurtis_Mullins)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-subdomains-to-paths/218122/2 "2012-03-21T21:33:42Z")

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On Thursday 22 March 2012 00:15:00 Kurtis Mullins wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> Is it possible to rewrite subdomains to paths? I want to do something like  
> this:
> 
> [x.example.com/foo/bar/](http://x.example.com/foo/bar/) → [www.example.com/x/foo/bar/](http://www.example.com/x/foo/bar/)

```
server {
    server_name ~^(?P<subdomain>.+)\.example\.com$;

    location / {
        return 301 http://www.example.com/$subdomain$request_uri;
    }
}

```

wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev