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Can subdomains be used with an ip with Nginx for testing

Before I transfer a domain I would like to know I have the config files setup correctly. I don’t seem to be able to use server_name sub1.192.241.223.202 in

server {
    listen 0.0.0.0:80;
    server_name sub1.192.241.223.202; 
    access_log /var/log/nginx/ddAppSub1.log;
    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header HOST $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
	proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}

Will changing the ip above to MyDomain work when the domain is transfered?

server_name sub1.MyDomain.com;
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paul.stocks • July 27, 2014

Yikes its working now!! … so there must have been a few minutes delay between adding the A record… Thanks for your help

paul.stocks • July 27, 2014

I transfered my domain. that’s working. Added an A record so my domain has two A records @ and sub1 both pointing to the ip of my droplet 192.241.223.202 added a new file to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled with

server {
    listen 0.0.0.0:80;
    server_name sub1.cornerpins.com;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/ddAppSub1.log;

    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header HOST $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
	root /opt/cornerpinsRoot;
	index index.html index.htm;      
    }
}

sub1 is just pointing to the root menu for now…

reloaded nginx

navigating to http://sub1.cornerpins.com fails…

Kamal Nasser • July 27, 2014

IP address cannot have subdomains. But, you can configure nginx to listen on server_name sub1.mydomain.com and add the following line to /etc/hosts locally so that sub1.mydomain.com points to your droplet’s IP address:

1.2.3.4 sub1.mydomain.com

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