Plesk 12.5 Nginx Templates Redirect Fix

By default, Plesk does not use best practices in its nginx config, notably using if directives for redirects (see for why you shouldn't do this!) This is still unaddressed in the latest versions of Plesk (Plesk 17.8.11, as of the time of this writing), despite the issue being brought up on Plesk support forums. These alternate Plesk templates fix the issue.

The files also include a hack that enables a SEO-safe redirect from the non-SSL to SSL version of the site (this feature is available with current versions of Plesk, but was unavailable in Plesk 12.5). To make use of this feature, create a file called redirect_to_ssl.php and place it in the same folder as vhost.conf. The file should have simply the following contents:

<?php

$redirect_to_ssl = true;

?>

To install these templates, place:

• nginxSeoSafeRedirects.php in /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/service
• nginxDomainVirtualHost.php in /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain

There is also .