# Configuring Redirects
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** nginx, yunohost, french, english
**Created:** [March 19, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038 "2021-03-19T12:47:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/1 "2021-03-19T12:47:47Z")
### My YunoHost server
**Hardware:** Old laptop at home
**YunoHost version:** 4.1.7.4
**I have access to my server :** Through SSH and through webadmin
Hello,
I have installed Yunohost with two domains:
- **mydomain.tld**
- **forms.mydomain.tld**
I installed Framaforms at forms.mydomain.tld, and did a form which is accessible at **forms.mydomain.tld/myform**
Now I would like to **redirect everything except forms.mydomain.tld/myform** to **anotherdomain.tld** (it’s no problem if lose access to webadmin).
I found this Redirect Yunohost app by @scith and installed it in mydomain.tld choosing permanent redirect, but I do not know how to use it. I see the tile, but it takes me to an empty 127.0.0.1 page.
How and where I configure redirects?
Should it be installed in both domains?
Should I configure any special permission?
Thank you!!
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/2 "2021-03-19T23:38:23Z")
Or maybe anyone knows how to do redirects in Yunohost the old way (I mean tinkering with NGINX)?
I see different configuration files, I don’t know which one I should edit.
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/3 "2021-03-20T00:42:12Z")
When you install the Redirect app, a nginx `.conf` file is added under the `/etc/nginx/conf.d/the.domain.being.redirected.from.tld.d/` directory (in your case this would be under `/etc/nginx/conf.d/mydomain.tld.d/`. The Redirect app just automates the addition of this file. You want to edit this file to configure the redirect. And yes, if you want to redirect both domains, you also need to add a `.conf` file under `/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/`.
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/4 "2021-03-20T01:27:29Z")
Hey @Jules-Bertholet Thanks a lot for your answer!
I’m afraid I made a mistake. I want NGINX to apply a redirect on every request made to any of my two domains (mydomain.tld and forms.mydomain.tld) by anyone (users or not) so that they go to anotherdomain.tld.
And I don’t want that redirect to be applied to requests to forms.mydomain.tld/myform
I don’t know about NGINX and I thought that app would help me to configure it, but I think the purpose of that app is a different one. So I think I should uninstall that app and try to configure NGINX manually.
Any advice on how to achieve my goal?
Which NGINX files should I edit?
Thanks again!!
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/5 "2021-03-20T03:36:07Z")
The Redirect “app” just adds the NGINX config files you need to redirect stuff in the proper directories, and conversely it automatically removes the NGINX config files when you uninstall the “app”. It doesn’t offer an admin interface, or any interface at all—all configuration is set on the app install page where you can enter the domain you want to redirect to. So whether you use the Redirect app to install the NGINX config files for you, or you just create them yourself, is up to you.
If you choose to add the redirects manually, you want to add a file named `redirect.conf` (or `whatever-else-you-want-to-name-it.conf`) under `/etc/nginx/conf.d/mydomain.tld.d/` with the contents
```auto
location / {
return 301 https://anotherdomain.tld;
}
```
Add a copy of the same file under `/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/`.
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/6 "2021-03-20T11:32:51Z")
That was a really clear explanation, thank you @Jules-Bertholet, I think I get it now.
However, the redirection does not happen. I don’t know if I’m missing something.
I installed the app indicating the destination domain in the installation page. I can see the file /etc/nginx/conf.d/mydomain.tld.d/redirect.conf which contains:
```auto
location /redirect {
return 301 https://anotherdomain.tld;
}
```
Then I restart the nginx service. But still the browser keeps showing me mydomain.tld, the redirection does not take place.
Any suggestion to troubleshoot it?
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/7 "2021-03-20T14:02:08Z")
What you have done is install the Redirect app on the `/redirect` subpath of the domain, so it is only redirecting that subpath. You want to install it on the domain root.
(In the NGINX config, the stuff inside the braces is a location block; it applies to urls that match what comes after the word `location`. As your config is currently set up, only urls that start with `mydomain.tld/redirect` get redirected. To match all urls for the domain, you want to use `location /`. Note that more specific location blocks take precedence over more general ones, so Framaforms will still work).
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/8 "2021-03-20T18:30:08Z")
Thank you!! Yes, I’m getting closer now : )
The redirection for mydomain.tld is already working perfectly. So that is done.
What I am missing now is how to redirect \*.mydomain.tld (or at least forms.mydomain.tld) and keep forms.mydomain.tld/myform whithout redirection.
I tried to do a second install of the Redirect app but this time into my forms.mydomain.tld domain, but it didn’t let me do it.
I also tried creating /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld/redirect.conf with the following contents (same as for mydomain.tld):
```auto
location / {
return 301 https://anotherdomain.tld;
}
```
But that made NGINX service failed. So I deleted that file.
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/9 "2021-03-20T18:32:15Z")
What was the error message for Nginx? (you can get this with `sudo journalctl -xe -u nginx`)
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/10 "2021-03-20T20:57:16Z")
After entering the mentioned redirect.conf file into /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld/ and restarting nginx, I get: `Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited with error code.`
Then:
```auto
$ sudo journalctl -xe -u nginx
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A stop job for unit nginx.service has finished.
--
-- The job identifier is 1435 and the job result is done.
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
-- Subject: A start job for unit nginx.service has begun execution
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit nginx.service has begun execution.
--
-- The job identifier is 1435.
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld nginx[3552]: nginx: [emerg] duplicate location "/" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/redirect.conf:1
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld nginx[3552]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
-- Subject: Unit process exited
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- An ExecStartPre= process belonging to unit nginx.service has exited.
--
-- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
-- Subject: Unit failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- The unit nginx.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 20 21:38:24 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
-- Subject: A start job for unit nginx.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit nginx.service has finished with a failure.
--
-- The job identifier is 1435 and the job result is failed.
```
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/11 "2021-03-20T21:09:56Z")
> [@peer](#):
>
> I tried to do a second install of the Redirect app but this time into my forms.mydomain.tld domain
Maybe the problem arised because of this thing I tried?
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/12 "2021-03-21T03:18:08Z")
Can you post the complete contents of every file under the `/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/` directory?
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/13 "2021-03-21T10:35:12Z")
There you go:
```auto
peer@mymachine:~$ ls -hal /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/
total 16K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 20 21:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Mar 20 18:51 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3K Mar 17 00:46 framaforms.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Mar 20 19:02 redirect.conf
peer@mymachine:~$ cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/framaforms.conf
#sub_path_only rewrite ^/$ / permanent;
location / {
# Path to source
alias /var/www/framaforms/app/ ;
index index.php;
if (!-e $request_filename)
{
rewrite ^/(.+)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
}
# Force usage of https
if ($scheme = http) {
rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
}
index index.php;
# Common parameter to increase upload size limit in conjunction with dedicated php-fpm file
#client_max_body_size 50M;
try_files $uri $uri/ index.php;
location ~ /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location ~ /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
# Very rarely should these ever be accessed outside of your lan
location ~* \.(txt|log)$ {
allow 192.168.0.0/16;
deny all;
}
# Allow "Well-Known URIs" as per RFC 5785
location ~* ^/.well-known/ {
allow all;
}
# Block access to "hidden" files and directories whose names begin with a
# period. This includes directories used by version control systems such
# as Subversion or Git to store control files.
location ~ (^|/)\. {
return 403;
}
# Don't allow direct access to PHP files in the vendor directory.
location ~ /vendor/.*\.php$ {
deny all;
return 404;
}
location ~ '[^/]\.php$|^/update.php' {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm-framaforms.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
}
# Fighting with Styles? This little gem is amazing.
location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/styles/ {
try_files $uri @rewrite;
}
# Handle private files through Drupal. Private file's path can come
# with a language prefix.
location ~ ^(/[a-z\-]+)?/system/files/ {
rewrite ^((/[a-z\-]+)?/system/files/(.+))$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg)$ {
try_files $uri @rewrite;
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
# Include SSOWAT user panel.
include conf.d/yunohost_panel.conf.inc;
}
location @rewrite {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1;
}
peer@mymachine:~$ cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/redirect.conf
location / {
return 301 https://anotherdomain.tld;
}peer@mymachine:~$
```
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/14 "2021-03-21T13:37:34Z")
Framaforms is installed on the domain root, not on `/myform` as you stated in your post. You need to change the URL of Framaforms using the Yunohost command or webadmin.
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/15 "2021-03-21T17:19:59Z")
Weird. I don’t know why you say so, but I don’t think that’s case.
> [@peer](#):
>
> I have installed Yunohost with two domains:
>
> - **mydomain.tld**
> - **forms.mydomain.tld**
>
> I installed Framaforms at forms.mydomain.tld, and did a form which is accessible at **forms.mydomain.tld/myform**
>
> Now I would like to **redirect everything except forms.mydomain.tld/myform** to **anotherdomain.tld**
The post above is correct.
```auto
peer@mymachine:~$ sudo yunohost app list
apps:
0:
description: Create online webforms and surveys
domain_path: forms.mydomain.tld/
id: framaforms
name: Framaforms
version: 1.0.3~ynh1
1:
description: Create a redirection or a proxy to another path.
domain_path: mydomain.tld/
id: redirect
name: Redirect
version: 1.0.0~ynh4
peer@mymachine:~$
```
Anyway, see below what yunohost CLI says about the status of NGINX. I don’t know if that could help to understand where the problem is:
```auto
peer@mymachine:~$ sudo yunohost service status nginx
configuration: broken
configuration-details:
- nginx: [emerg] duplicate location "/" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/redirect.conf:1
- nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
description: Serves or provides access to all the websites hosted on your server
last_state_change: 2021-03-20 21:38:24
start_on_boot: enabled
status: failed
```
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/16 "2021-03-21T19:35:56Z")
Ah I see, I misread your original post, it seems you actually want to block off access to most of Framaforms. This is more complicated. Can you try changing the file `framaforms.conf` to add the line `location /myform {` at the very top and `}` at the bottom? (Don’t replace any text)
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/17 "2021-03-22T12:20:33Z")
I modified framaforms.conf as suggested.
But I cannot see the results because the nginx service keeps failing when trying to restart it.
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/18 "2021-03-22T14:51:24Z")
Can you post the specific nginx error message?
Also what happens if, instead of the modification I proposed earlier, you change the line `location / {` in `framaforms.conf` to read `location /myform {`, and change the line ` alias /var/www/framaforms/app/ ;` to `root /var/www/framaforms/app/ ;`?
---
### Author:  [@Jules-Bertholet](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Jules-Bertholet)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/19 "2021-03-22T14:58:01Z")
Note that in any case what you are trying to do may not work well even if you fix the NGINX config. I have never used Framaforms so I am not certain, but if the webpage for your form at “forms.mydomain.tld/myform” needs to load resources (like js, css, images, etc) that are on “forms.mydomain.tld” but on another subpath, those resources won’t be able to load because your redirect will be intercepting the requests.
---
### Author:  [@peer](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/peer)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/20 "2021-03-22T15:42:31Z")
> [@Jules-Bertholet](#):
>
> Can you post the specific nginx error message?
```auto
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status nginx.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$ systemctl status nginx.service
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2021-03-22 16:36:46 CET; 24s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 22892 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$ sudo journalctl -xe -u nginx
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit nginx.service has finished with a failure.
--
-- The job identifier is 13031 and the job result is failed.
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
-- Subject: A start job for unit nginx.service has begun execution
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit nginx.service has begun execution.
--
-- The job identifier is 13116.
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld nginx[22892]: nginx: [emerg] location "/" is outside location "/myform" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d/framaforms.conf:3
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld nginx[22892]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
-- Subject: Unit process exited
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- An ExecStartPre= process belonging to unit nginx.service has exited.
--
-- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
-- Subject: Unit failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- The unit nginx.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 22 16:36:46 mydomain.tld systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
-- Subject: A start job for unit nginx.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit nginx.service has finished with a failure.
--
-- The job identifier is 13116 and the job result is failed.
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
peer@mymachine:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forms.mydomain.tld.d$
```
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