Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Directives

The Rewrite module provides you with a set of directives that do more than just rewriting a URI. The following table describes these directives, along with the context in which they can be employed:

Directive

Description

rewrite Context: server, location, if

As discussed previously, the rewrite directive allows you to rewrite the URI of the current request, thus resetting the treatment of the said request. Syntax: rewrite regexp replacement [flag]; Where regexp is the regular expression, the URI should match in order for the replacement to apply. Flag may take one of the following values: last: The current rewrite rule should be the last to be applied. After its application, the new URI is processed by Nginx and ...