Why is my Nginx server redirecting to the incorrect page?

I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your website! This Community Questions post goes into detail about the different Nginx troubleshooting steps you can take. I've outlined some of them below.

- View access logs
sudo cat /var/log/nginx/access.log | less

- View error logs
sudo cat /var/log/nginx/error.log | less

- Built-in configuration test
sudo nginx -t

You will want to make sure that your website directory has the correct permissions. We also have an Nginx configuration guide that goes over the default site configuration. This will show you where you can access the files, if the default location is used.

• Configure NGINX

You can also find more information about configuring Nginx in their official documentation. They also have documentation on common mistakes that can be found at the link below.

• Pitfalls and Common Mistakes

I hope this information is helpful!

Additional Resources

• https://www.linode.com/community/questions/19359/how-to-set-up-a-301-redirect-for-nginx
• https://serverfault.com/questions/383475/302-redirect-on-wordpressnginx-with-blank-page
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33300155/nginx-showing-blank-page-for-invalid-url

Not sure if it’s relevant to you, but I once had the same issue when I enabled “http2” on a plain HTTP port.

I didn’t realise at the time that http2 is only applicable to HTTPS.