If you want to Redirect In Django Using Nginx Permanent redirect using nginx then follow this method to redirect URLs in a Django application using nginx,
you configure the redirection rules in your nginx server block configuration.
Lets follow this steps to set up URL redirection in nginx for a Django application:
Steps
1. Edit nginx Configuration:
Open your Nginx configuration file for the website or application you want to redirect. This is usually located in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ or /etc/nginx/conf.d/ in my case and might have a .conf extension on depends on you.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_site.conf
2. Add Redirect Rule:
Add some rules go to inside your Nginx configuration file for Redirect In Django Using Nginx Permanent Redirect, add a location block to define the redirection rule. Here’s an example of a how me and you can achieve this simple URL redirection:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
location /old-url {
return 301 http://yourdomain.com/new-url;
}
# Your other configuration settings for Django go here
}
In this example, any request to /old-url will be redirected to /new-url with a 301 (permanent) redirect.
3. Test Configuration:
Before you apply the changes, it’s a good practice to test the Nginx configuration to ensure there are no syntax errors:
sudo nginx -t
After testing reload it using the code below
4. Reload Nginx:
If the configuration test is successful, reload Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Now, Nginx will handle the redirection based on the rules we’ve defined in this configuration.
You can also check how to setup static files in Django before you move to production state
