IP Canonicalization in Nginx Http/Https

IP Canonicalization in Nginx Http/Https:

IP canonicalization is to redirect IP Address to the domain. This actually a part of SEO, so good to have IP canonicalization, but you can’t achieve this using shared web hosting.

IP Canonicalization in Nginx Http/Https:

Add the below block to above of your default server block in your nginx conf file, which is default available in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

This below block works for both http and https IP canonicalization in nginx server.

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server {
listen *:80;
listen *:443 ssl http2;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_certificate “/etc/letsencrypt/live/ngdeveloper.com/fullchain.pem”;
ssl_certificate_key “/etc/letsencrypt/live/ngdeveloper.com/privkey.pem”;
server_name 18.218.X.X;
return 301 https://ngdeveloper.com;
}

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Note:

• Please mention the actual path of the ssl certificate.
• Do not forget to restart the nginx server.

 

How to Test ?

If https:

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curl -I https://18.218.x.x -k

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If http:

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curl http://18.218.x.x

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You can also use this website to check IP canonicalization Test online.

So If you have hosted your website in a shared environment, then it won’t be possible, because the same IP could have shared to many.

If You still want to achieve then plan to buy a private IP then try to achieve.