Yes, you are going to need perl.
If you are using Ubuntu
, instead of apt-get install nginx-full
, use apt-get install nginx-extras
, which will have the embedded perl
module.
Then, in your configuration file:
http {
...
# Include the perl module
perl_modules perl/lib;
...
# Define this function
perl_set $uri_lowercase 'sub {
my $r = shift;
my $uri = $r->uri;
$uri = lc($uri);
return $uri;
}';
...
server {
...
# As your first location entry, tell nginx to rewrite your uri,
# if the path contains uppercase characters
location ~ [A-Z] {
rewrite ^(.*)$ $scheme://$host$uri_lowercase;
}
...