Nginx location directive not working

dima.rus

6/7/24, 6:47 PM

My Nginx config file is:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    location /a/ {
        return 404;
    }
    return 301;
}

When I run a request:

curl -v http://localhost/a/

I expect to see 404 code. But I receive 301 code. Why location /a/ {} directive is not working?

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dima.rus

6/7/24, 7:17 PM

The return directive must be inside the location block, unless it is the only one in server block.

This configuration works as intended:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    location /a/ {
        return 404;
    }
    location / {
        return 301;
    }
}

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