Rewrite path for nginx Ingress - nginx

Question

I need to point Ingress to images so that my Pods gets the URL, in full. I have the below config:
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: solar-demo
annotations:
nginx.org/server-snippet: "proxy_ssl_verify off;"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
spec:
rules:
- host: shmukler.example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /city/*
backend:
serviceName: solar-demo
servicePort: 3000
- path: /solar/*
backend:
serviceName: solar-demo
servicePort: 3001
If I keep the line: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /, my services inside the Pods get the rewritten paths, so /city/dublin becomes /dublin.
If I comment out the line nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /, I just get 503 errors on the client side, and nothing in the logs. With rewrite, my services give me 404 because there is no route /dublin.
What am I doing wrong? How could I just pass the path on and have the Pods respond?
$ kubectl describe svc solar-demo
Name: solar-demo
Namespace: default
Labels: <none>
Annotations: kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration=
{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"Service","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"solar-demo","namespace":"default"},"spec":{"ports":[{"name":"city","port":3000...
Selector: app=testapp
Type: ClusterIP
IP: 10.107.221.76
Port: city 3000/TCP
TargetPort: 3000/TCP
Endpoints: 172.17.0.3:3000,172.17.0.8:3000
Port: solar 3001/TCP
TargetPort: 3001/TCP
Endpoints: 172.17.0.3:3001,172.17.0.8:3001
Session Affinity: None
Events: <none>
Suggestions?

Answer 1

Here should be a working config:
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: solar-demo
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
spec:
rules:
- host: shmukler.example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /city
backend:
serviceName: solar-demo
servicePort: 3000
- path: /solar
backend:
serviceName: solar-demo
servicePort: 3001
What changed:
Removed * from paths
Specified ingress in the annotation
Removed re-write annotation
The path on an ingress (when using an nginx ingress) is like specifying the nginx location block. nginx does not use the * character in location blocks.