add option to redirect to root-page on 404

ansibleguy · Sep 11, 2024 · a48e0db · a48e0db
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diff --git a/defaults/main/2_site.yml b/defaults/main/2_site.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ defaults_site:
   server:
     path: '/var/www/html'
     index: ['index.html']
+    e404_try_index: false  # if wrong location is entered; serve content of index-file instead of error-page
+    e404_redirect_root: false  # overwrite the 404 error-page with a redirect to the root page
 
   ssl:
     mode: 'snakeoil'  # existing/selfsigned/ca/letsencrypt/snakeoil

diff --git a/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/inc/site_https.j2 b/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/inc/site_https.j2
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ server {
 
 {% elif site.mode in ['serve', 'server'] %}
     # serve-mode config
-    try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ /{{ site.serve.index[0] | default(site.server.index[0]) }} =404;
+    try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ {% if site.server.e404_try_index | bool %}/{{ site.serve.index[0] | default(site.server.index[0]) }} {% endif %}=404;
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if site.config_additions_root | length > 0 %}
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ server {
 
   }
 
+{% if site.mode in ['serve', 'server'] and site.server.e404_redirect_root | bool %}
+  # redirect to root-page unknown site was opened
+  error_page 404 = @redirect_404;
+  location @redirect_404 { return 302 /; }
+
+{% endif %}
 {% if site.config_additions | length > 0 %}
   # additional lines
 {% endif %}