Redirecting WWW to NON-WWW (Nginx only)

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Redirecting WWW to NON-WWW is very important for SEO and I miss it a lot as a default option in HestiaCP.

I know it can be done implementing this, but since I already redirected HTTP to HTTPS from that check option when I added my website, now I don’t know what the exact file I need to go, and what block I should edit, should it be better to add a new block instead for better performance or edit the existed block. There are many of them in these files which made me confused! :frowning:

/etc/nginx/conf.d/myIP.conf
mysite.com.conf
mysite.com.ssl.conf
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Hope someone can tell me how to do it.

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You need to create a new template from two files (tpl and stpl) in the directory:
/usr/local/hestia/data/templates/web/nginx/php-fpm

Add this entry in the * .stpl file in the server section:

if ($host ~* www.(.)) {
set $host_without_www $1;
rewrite ^(.)$ https://$host_without_www$1 permanent;
}

Then open the domain editing in the HestiaCP panel and select the created template.

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Thanks, Dmitry! But that didn’t work for me, I ended up with that black page error! Not sure if this is related but I didn’t install Apache, I’m just using Nginx instead.

By the way, should nonwww.tpl I’ve created be empty and only put the snippet you gave in the stpl version?

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The above code was copied incorrectly for me and cannot be edited. Try to take this code on pastebin:

I am using Nginx + php-fpm.

The tpl and stpl files should be roughly similar to each other.
I can show my template for wordpress as an example:
wordpress2.tpl - https://pastebin.com/qFL5m0Dg

wordpress2.stpl - https://pastebin.com/K4y3reYc

This template redirects from http to https and www to non-www.

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I’m not using WordPress in my business so I think this is not the right solution for me.

But thanks for trying to help me out, appreciate it.

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I showed an example of implementing a redirect from www to non-www in HestiaCP templates. I hope this helps you create your own template for your needs.

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so I have solved it, redirected with 301

www to non-www
nginx-nonwww.stpl https://pastebin.com/CQWhq90R
nginx-nonwww.tpl https://pastebin.com/1p4CQgMt

non-www to www
nginx.stpl https://pastebin.com/A3zJWXmH
nginx.tpl https://pastebin.com/AVf3V2eR

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Actually, I solved it without creating or editing any template file. Simply I did this:

nano /home/user/conf/web/domain.com/nginx.ssl.conf

Adding this below server_name line:
if ($host != “domain.com”) { return 301 https://domain.com$request_uri; }

systemctl restart nginx

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Will break on next update…

You will have to edit the template you use… and preferable by creating a new template.

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Oops! Didn’t know that. I’ll try creating a template and hope tuxuser template will work for me.

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Thanks, dude! It works now perfectly.

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You got a fat header which informs you about it in every config :grin:.

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