Nginx redirect https://ip to https://domain

Question

I have a script that is out of my control, that creates links that redirect to my server IP but with https:// on it.

This obviously create issues with the certificate. I can redirect my ip to http://domain fine but I can't make ip > https://domain work?

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name 192.168.0.1;

    return 301 $scheme://example.com$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name 192.168.0.1;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/chain.pem;


    return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

After that block I have another server {} listening on port 80 and 443 but with server_name using my domain if that matters.

I redacted my IP's obviously I'm using real IP's in my configuration file

Answer 1

You can't get a TLS certificate for an IP address that browsers will recognize. You will have to fix the script which generates the inappropriate redirects. That actually is possible.