How do I set up a subdomain to run with Meteor?

Hi,

I am running meteor with Nginx on my Ubuntu droplet, and would like to configure a subdomain to serve up static files at media.my-app-name.com. The DNS tutorial worked a treat, but my attempts to use the tutorial on NGINX config here was unsuccessful. Upon running service [my app name] restart, the process fails.

Attempts to work around this issue came up short. For example, adding another server { } block (with the relevant other info) into the preexisting nginx config file, disabling the default_server setting and trying various approaches that way didn’t work. The closest I got was to get the Meteor app mirrored on my subdomain, instead of serving up the files at the public_html document root given in the tutorial.

Of course, I noticed the comment in the nginx config saying “root is irrelevant,”—now that’s where I’m stuck. Googling didn’t turn up any further info to help with that. So, I would be deeply thankful if someone could point me in the right direction. I’m so close to launching this app, a year in the making, and I need a lifeline.

Yours very truly,

David