NGINX: Cannot config nginx to handle redirect from HTTP to HTTPS redirect not working

Question

I have try to config nginx: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    server_name 10.0.0.10; #This is my private IP
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    # OR return 301 https://$host$request_uri
}

But it cannot redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Please help me on this. Thanks.

Answer 1

I think the issue is the IP as server name. Try and edit your hosts file and add an entry for the IP. For example:

10.0.0.10 myserver.test

The edit the nginx configuration and change the server_name parameter to:

server_name myserver.test;

restart nginx or reload the configuration.