When using Easy Digital Downloads on Nginx you’ll get a notification inside your website that says: –
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The download files in /var/www/site.url/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/edd are not currently protected due to your site running on NGINX.
To protect them, you must add a redirect rule as explained in this guide.
If you have already added the redirect rule, you may safely dismiss this notice
https://docs.easydigitaldownloads.com/article/682-protected-download-files-on-nginx
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To do this, you first need to SSH into your server. Please see the following articles to get started:
Generate your SSH Key:
Generate SSH Key on Windows with Putty
Generate SSH Key on Windows with Windows Subsystem for Linux
Generate SSH Key on Windows with Windows CMD/PowerShell
Add your SSH Key to GridPane:
Add/Remove an SSH Key to/from an Active GridPane Server
Connect to your server:
Step 1. Create a file named edd-main-context.conf
First, begin by creating the edd-main-context.conf file, replacing “site.url” with your domain name:
nano /var/www/site.url/nginx/edd-main-context.conf
Step 2. Add this to the contents to the file
location ~ ^/wp-content/uploads/edd/(.*?).zip$ { rewrite / permanent; }
rewrite ^/wp-content/uploads/edd/(.*).zip$ / permanent;Save the file with CTRL+O, and then Enter. Exit nano with CTRL+X.
Step 3. Check the syntax of nginx.conf
nginx -t
If, after entering the above command, you see a message letting you know that everything’s OK:
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
You can now you can reload Nginx by running
gp ngx reload
Your Easy Digital Download files will now be protected.