I have set up an nginx server with a WordPress site, but if I put the IP address in my web browser, nginx shows the “Welcome to nginx!” page instead of the site that I have installed.
How do I make all browsers coming to the server using the IP address go to my default site?
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First, you can remove or replace that default nginx welcome page. It’s a static index.html file located in /var/www/html.
The following code snippet will redirect any requests for your IP to the domain (after domain.tld is replaced with your domain and [ip address] is replaced with your droplet’s public IP]:
server {
listen 80;
server_name [ip address];
return 301 $scheme://domain.tld$request_uri;
}
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