http to https rewrite, non-standard port?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 04:20:39AM -0400, Quincy wrote:

> I have the same problem. I can't redirect http to https. Here is my
> config:
> 
> server {
>   listen 2121;
>   server_name XXXXX;
>   ssl on;
>   ssl_certificate XXt;
>   ssl_certificate_key XX;
>   #server_name _;
>   server_name_in_redirect off;
>   port_in_redirect off;
> 
>   root XXX;
> 
>   location / {
>     index index.php;
>     error_page 404 = @mediawiki;
>     error_page 497 = @https;

Setting "error_page 497" is usesless as nginx won't read and parse 
http headers for invalid requests.  Move it to server level. 

[...]

> Https is working flawlessly, but when I try http I get an error (400 Bad
> Request
> 
> The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
> nginx/1.0.5) instead of redirect.

Expected, as you don't have error_page 497 defined at server 
level, hence nginx uses the default.

Maxim Dounin