Multiple sites using nginx

July 20, 2014 59.2k views
brklyn8900
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I was able to set up nginx server blocks as per this tutorial. When I try to access the sites through the respective domain names I am directed to the same site. I'm not sure if this is an nginx issue or a dns issue.

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  • mlwalk3r July 20, 2014

    Paste your Vhost(s) from nginx.

  • brklyn8900 July 20, 2014

    I have two files:

    One:

    server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

    root /var/www/munderground.com/public_html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
    server_name munderground.com www.munderground.com;

    location / {
        # First attempt to serve request as file, then
        # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        # Uncomment to enable naxsi on this location
        # include /etc/nginx/naxsi.rules
    }

    location /doc/ {
        alias /usr/share/doc/;
        autoindex on;
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        allow ::1;
        deny all;
    }

    Two:

    server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    root /var/www/verred.com/public_html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
    server_name verred.com www.verred.com;

    location / {
        # First attempt to serve request as file, then
        # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        # Uncomment to enable naxsi on this location
        # include /etc/nginx/naxsi.rules
    }

    location /doc/ {
        alias /usr/share/doc/;
        autoindex on;
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        allow ::1;
        deny all;
    }
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4 Answers
asb MOD July 21, 2014

Hi!

I see different content on each of those domains, so it looks like you got it working! It would be great if you could share what the root cause of your issue was and how you fixed it. That would help others who end up at this question.

Your configuration files look correct. One thing many people forget is that you need to restart Nginx after making any changes:

sudo service nginx restart
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  • brklyn8900 July 23, 2014

    I did restart the service after every change I made.

    The last change I made was to remove [ default_server ipv6only=on ] in the listen property in the server 2 file. So I'm assuming this was my problem.

    Block one:

    server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

    Block two:

    server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    I appreciate your response, thanks.

  • acestes January 11, 2019

    You are a lifesaver. Thank you so much. Simple as restarting the nginx server. Wow.

brklyn8900 July 23, 2014

remove [ defaultserver ipv6only=on ] in the listen property in the server 2 file. Only one block should be designated as defaultserver.

Correct configuration:
Block one:

server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

Block two:

server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;

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mf129d18fd7c2bf November 4, 2015

I have the same question; I have multiple domains redirecting to the same nginx server, but my PHP code handles each site differently.

When I have set up the one domain to point at my servers IP, I simply see the old site.

Any solutions on this? Is it simply to remove ipv6only=on?

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kambleamol79 June 7, 2017

I have server with IP I dont have domain name I want to host two seporate appliaction. I need Help.

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  • deanpetty November 25, 2017

    Consider putting in your ip address into a service like http://xip.io. It just takes an ip address and will give you infinite sub domains under that one ip address. Setup your server blocks to catch the xip io server names.

    So 192.168.1.1 (an example, with a Class C address) Would become Project1.192.168.1.1.xip.io And Project2.192.168.1.1.xip.io. You could do this on and on. It works great for quick fixes and testing applications until your ready to go forward with a real deal domain purchase.

    edited by kamaln7
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