How to redirect to a different domain using NGINX?

Question

How can I redirect mydomain.com and any subdomain *.mydomain.com to www.adifferentdomain.com using NGINX?

Answer 1

Temporary redirect

rewrite ^ http://www.RedirectToThisDomain.com$request_uri? redirect;

Permanent redirect

rewrite ^ http://www.RedirectToThisDomain.com$request_uri? permanent;

In nginx configuration file for specific site:

server {    
    server_name www.example.com;
    rewrite ^ http://www.RedictToThisDomain.com$request_uri? redirect;

}