Nginx : Force Redirect WWW To Non-WWW Domain

We now how redirect old domain name to new domain name in Nginx. In this article I will explain how to permanently redirect www to non-www domain for example: www.looklinux.com to looklinux.com.

For good SEO purposes you can easily redirect www to non-www domain using following syntax.

Force Redirect WWW To Non-WWW Domain

Edit the nginx.conf file to force www to non-www domain.

# vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

### redirect www to non-www with client code 301 ###
      if ($host = 'www.looklinux.com' ) {
         rewrite  ^/(.*)$  http://looklinux.com/$1  permanent;
      }

Save and close the file.

Reload Nginx

# service nginx relaod

Testing

Open your browser and type the below url

http://www.looklinux.com/

It should be redirected to

http://www.looklinux.com/

Thanks:)