Nginx Redirect Help

[AssetDomains]

Anyone here know about redirecting on a nginx server

what I'm trying to do is redirect some old asp pages to a flat html page on a site I'm reviving for juice.

I've tried adding

# nginx configuration
location /index.asp?ID=38 {
rewrite ^(.*)$ [URL]http://www.newsite.org.uk/cumbria.htm[/URL] redirect;
}
location /index.asp?ID=39 {
rewrite ^(.*)$ [URL]http://www.newsite.org.uk/greater-manchester.htm[/URL] redirect;
}

to the config file but now joy I think its something to do with the ? not being escaped properly but I'm dammed if I know how to fix it.

I used to think .htaccess was confusing but trying to find stuff on this is a pain in the backside

 

[mrt]

You need to escape the question marks and the rewrites should probably be in your "location /" block, like so:

location / {
  rewrite index.asp\?ID=38 http://www.newsite.org.uk/cumbria.htm redirect;
  rewrite index.asp\?ID=39 http://www.newsite.org.uk/greater-manchester.htm redirect;
}

Also it's worth noting that the 'redirect' flag is a temporary redirect (302) - if you want a permanent redirect (301) use the 'permanent' flag instead.

 

[AssetDomains]

Thanks it didn't quite work how I needed it

but I've figured out htaccess can actually work with the vps I'm on so sorted it now anyway
Thanks again for having a look