# Rewrite - NGINX Ingress Controller

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# Rewrite

This example demonstrates how to use the Rewrite annotations

## Prerequisites

You will need to make sure your Ingress targets exactly one Ingress controller by specifying the ingress.class annotation, and that you have an ingress controller running in your cluster.

## Deployment

Rewriting can be controlled using the following annotations:

Name | Description | Values
--- | --- | ---
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target | Target URI where the traffic must be redirected | string
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect | Indicates if the location section is accessible SSL only (defaults to True when Ingress contains a Certificate) | bool
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect | Forces the redirection to HTTPS even if the Ingress is not TLS Enabled | bool
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/app-root | Defines the Application Root that the Controller must redirect if it's in '/' context | string
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex | Indicates if the paths defined on an Ingress use regular expressions | bool

## Examples

### Rewrite Target

Attention

Starting in Version 0.22.0, ingress definitions using the annotation `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target` are not backwards compatible with previous versions. In Version 0.22.0 and beyond, any substrings within the request URI that need to be passed to the rewritten path must explicitly be defined in a capture group.

Note

Captured groups are saved in numbered placeholders, chronologically, in the form `$1`, `$2` ... `$n`. These placeholders can be used as parameters in the `rewrite-target` annotation.

Create an Ingress rule with a rewrite annotation:

    $ echo '
    apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
    kind: Ingress
    metadata:
      annotations:
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /$2
      name: rewrite
      namespace: default
    spec:
      rules:
      - host: rewrite.bar.com
        http:
          paths:
          - backend:
              serviceName: http-svc
              servicePort: 80
            path: /something(/|$)(.*)
    ' | kubectl create -f -

In this ingress definition, any characters captured by `(.*)` will be assigned to the placeholder `$2`, which is then used as a parameter in the `rewrite-target` annotation.

For example, the ingress definition above will result in the following rewrites:

- `rewrite.bar.com/something` rewrites to `rewrite.bar.com/`
- `rewrite.bar.com/something/` rewrites to `rewrite.bar.com/`
- `rewrite.bar.com/something/new` rewrites to `rewrite.bar.com/new`

### App Root

Create an Ingress rule with a app-root annotation:

    $ echo "
    apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
    kind: Ingress
    metadata:
      annotations:
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/app-root: /app1
      name: approot
      namespace: default
    spec:
      rules:
      - host: approot.bar.com
        http:
          paths:
          - backend:
              serviceName: http-svc
              servicePort: 80
            path: /
    " | kubectl create -f -

Check the rewrite is working

    $ curl -I -k http://approot.bar.com/
    HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
    Server: nginx/1.11.10
    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:57:15 GMT
    Content-Type: text/html
    Content-Length: 162
    Location: http://stickyingress.example.com/app1
    Connection: keep-alive