I'm trying to add a subdomain to my nginx server, and can't seem to get it working. Here's the config file for my primary server: server { listen 80; server_name www.kevin-whitaker.net; rewrite ^/(.*) http://kevin-whitaker.net permanent; } server { listen 80; server_name kevin-whitaker.net; access_log /home/admin/public_html/kevin-whitaker.net/log/access.log; error_log /home/admin/public_html/kevin-whitaker.net/log/error.log; root /home/admin/public_html/kevin-whitaker.net/public/; index index.html; location / { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect false; if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break; } if (-f $request_filename.html) { rewrite (.*) $1.html break; } } } What I would like now is to create a subdomain as following: # ArtWorked // DevCloud server { server_name devcloud.artworked.com; root /usr/share/nginx/html/server/devcloud; } Where I'm I going wrong ? And does creating a subdomain on Nginx requires DNS intry such as an A record or a CNAME as there is conflicting information online. Thanks for your help.