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

June 17, 2017June 17, 2017in 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

November 19, 2013May 3, 2017in 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

April 14, 2013April 14, 2013in 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

November 5, 2012November 11, 2012in 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

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012in 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?