Nginx location alias + redirection

Question

I want to be able, if the request tries to access /.well-known/acme-challenge/ to serve the matching file if found.

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Answer 1

Place the return statement inside a location block:

For example:

server {
    listen 8080;
    server_name my_example.com;

    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        root /var/www/encrypt;
    }
    location / {
        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    }
}

Also, simplified your other location block.