How to setup subdomain on nginx server?

November 11, 2014 69.5k views
almisb
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Zone file

$ORIGIN downjustfor.me.
$TTL 1800
downjustfor.me. IN SOA ns1.digitalocean.com. hostmaster.downjustfor.me. 1415711275 10800 3600 604800 1800
downjustfor.me. 1800 IN NS ns1.digitalocean.com.
downjustfor.me. 1800 IN NS ns2.digitalocean.com.
downjustfor.me. 1800 IN NS ns3.digitalocean.com.
downjustfor.me. 1800 IN A 178.62.153.244
test.downjustfor.me. 1800 IN A 178.62.153.244
www.downjustfor.me. 1800 IN CNAME downjustfor.me.

I run

sudo cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/test

Then edited that file and changed only

    listen 80 default_server;
    #listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

    root /var/www/test/mysite/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    server_name test.downjustfor.me;

and of course restarted nginx server but when I go to http://test.downjustfor.me it's show my original page. What I doing wrong?

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asb MOD November 11, 2014

You DNS records seem to be set up correctly, so this does seem to be an issue with your Nginx configuration. Have you linked /etc/nginx/sites-available/test to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/test 

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/test /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

And of course, remember to restart Nginx so that it pick up the changes:

sudo service nginx restart

For more info, check out this tutorial:

How To Set Up Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by Justin Ellingwood
Nginx is an incredibly powerful web server and reverse proxy. In this guide, we'll discuss how to set up server blocks on Ubuntu 14.04 in order to server multiple domains from a single server.
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almisb November 12, 2014

Yes I needed to link test to sites-enabled. Thank you.

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nabtron November 12, 2016

Nginx requires you to setup subdomain in almost the same way you add a new domain.

You need to do proper 5 steps to add the subdomain or any addon domain, check them out listed here: https://nabtron.com/add-subdomain-nginx/

Let me know if the issue remains.

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