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Buno
Asked: 2020-02-09 13:59:08 +0800 CST

Redirecting webhook with nginx

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I am changing the domain name of my app from old.com to new.com

My app is connected to external APIs that send data through webhooks, and I would like to redirect the webhooks sent to the old url, so that they hit the new url and get processed.

I have a tried a plain rewrite

server {
  server_name old.com;
  listen 443 ssl;
  rewrite ^       https://new.com$request_uri;

I can see this triggers a 302 redirection, but that doesn't seem to do the trick..

I tried with a proxy_pass

server {
  server_name old.com;
  listen 443 ssl;

  location /webHook {
    proxy_pass https://new.com/webHook;
  }

  rewrite ^       https://new.com$request_uri;

Same result.. I can see a 302 redirect in the logs, but the webhook never seem to hit the new URL and doesn't get processed..

Any idea on how to achieve that?

redirect nginx proxypass redirection

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The rewrite directives in the server block, which are not inside a location block are executed first (cf. ng_http_rewrite_module documentation).

    So delete or comment the rewrite directive and the proxy_pass directive will get executed.

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  2. Since the webhooks are not going to get a redirect (and thus, the only way for them to absorb your new app's domain is by your manual changes), why miss a trivial solution?

    Simply add old.com under server where you have new.com:

    server_name new.com old.com;
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