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How to redirect non-www to www HTTP / TLS /SSL traffic on Nginx

in Linux, Nginx, UNIX last updated June 17, 2017

I want ALL cyberciti.biz to go to www.cyberciti.biz for SEO and other reasons. I want ALL HTTP traffic to go to HTTPS. How do I redirect all HTTP/HTTPS non-www (e.g. domain name cyberciti.biz) traffic to www (e.g. domain name www.cyberciti.biz) when using Nginx web server?

HowTo: Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate on Nginx For CentOS / RHEL

in CentOS, Cryptography, Nginx, openssl, RedHat and Friends last updated May 3, 2017

I operate a small web site on Cloud server powered by CentOS Linux v6.4. I would like to encrypt my site’s information and create a more secure connection. How do I create a self-signed SSL certificate on Nginx for CentOS/Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux based server?

Nginx: Block URL Access (wp-admin/wp-login.php) To All Except One IP Address

in Linux, Nginx, Security, UNIX, Wordpress last updated April 14, 2013

I am the small business owner and runs my own web-site. I have noticed increased cracking activity against by blog. What’s the best way to block WordPress URLs such as example.com/blog/wp-login.php and example.com/blog/wp-admin/ in the nginx web-server?

HowTo: Nginx Webserver Send Charset utf-8 Under Unix

in Nginx last updated November 11, 2012

I was told that to improve resource download parallelization in IE8 I need to send the character set to the HTTP Content-Type response header. How do I set charset utf-8 under nginx web server running on Unix like operating systems?

Nginx Redirect (Rewrite) Old Domain To New Domain With HTTP 301

in Nginx last updated October 28, 2012

I‘ve changed the domain name from long-domain-name-example.com to example.com which is shorter and easy to remember. How do I redirect old domain to new domain with “HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently” status code under nginx web server running on Unix like operating systems?

HowTo: Nginx Block User Agent

in Nginx last updated June 27, 2012

How do I block a http user agent or a software agent using Nginx web server under Linux or Unix like operating systems?

NGINX: Create Custom 404 / 403 Error Pages on Linux or Unix

in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, Nginx, RedHat and Friends, Suse, UNIX last updated June 12, 2017

How do I create a custom static HTTP 404 or HTTP 403 error page under nginx web server running on Linux or Unix-like system?