Question
Second domain on same droplet NOT working with NginX
- Posted on August 2, 2014
Asked by sim4biz
I’m trying to use my NginX to host multiple websites on the same droplet. I can access test.domain1.com and domain1.com with or without the use of default_server tag. However, accessing domain2.com just presents the contents of domain1.com (the server block with the default_server tag) without forwarding the url to domain1.com in the browser. I’ve checked for typo in my configs but can’t find one. Secondly, neither the access.log nor the error.log have any issues.
The hostname of my droplet is domain1.com. I’ve created 2 DNS entries: 1 for domain1.com and the other for domain2.com. Both have the same A and CNAME records.
@ A ip.add.re.ss
www CNAME @
* CNAME @
My configs are: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf: http://pastebin.com/AWf5EM66 /etc/nginx/global/wordpress.conf: http://pastebin.com/Uc9KSqhh /etc/nginx/global/restrictions.conf: http://pastebin.com/cLfMv6jC /etc/nginx/sites-available/sites.conf: http://pastebin.com/tVMSatBJ
Any clues?
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Read it first: Virtual Host Nginx: Ubuntu or Virtual Host Nginx: CentOS And do the same with the next domain.
Configuration server_name www.domain.com and server_name www.domain2.com must be separated.
On your pastebin, you must remove server_name www.domain2.com first and make a second configuration for the server_name www.domain2.com.
And add your second/next domain on your hosts. Then edit /etc/hosts. Make it look like this:
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Thanks for replying. The problem was that I only had www.domain2.com in server_name in the site vhost but I was trying to access it without www. I now added the extra server block with return directive to take care of non-www.