Resolved Part of nginx config file is being overridden somewhere

[KurtLowe]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 24.04.1

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.64

Hi All,

I have been making some additions to my nginx config file in order to redirect users from domain.com/pages/example.php to domain.com/example. I was stuck on it for a while, with the location block not seeming to be matched unless I used an equal sign for exact matching. After commenting out the rest of my config, it was still being overridden somewhere. I adjusted to to just return a 403 to make it easier to test.

location /pages/example.php {
return 403;
}

My nginx config file now only consists of this, but is somehow being overridden. Surely something on plesk is causing this, any ideas?

 

[mow]

Where did you put that? Directly in nginx.conf, under conf.d/, under plesk.conf.d/ ..?

 

[Raul A.]

Hi,

You need a regex match on the location. Your location directive will not work in a Plesk environment because you have a "location /" earlier in the server block.

Try:

location ^~ /pages/example.php {
return 403;
}

Nginx location priority

What order do location directives fire in?

stackoverflow.com

 

[KurtLowe]

Hi,

You need a regex match on the location. Your location directive will not work in a Plesk environment because you have a "location /" earlier in the server block.

Try:

location ^~ /pages/example.php {
return 403;
}

Nginx location priority

What order do location directives fire in?

stackoverflow.com

This has worked, thank you! Didn't know this was needed when writing in a plesk environment