By agarcia1
I have a domain registered that’s pointing to my rails app. That’s working all well and good. I decided to add a second rails app that I wanted a subdomain to point to.
I setup up second nginx server block with the server_name set to mysubdomain.mydomain.com and I setup my A record for my subdomain that’s pointing to the same droplet that my domain is pointing to, and I set the root for my second app to the public folder of my seconds rails app (in my /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/secondrailsapp file)
When I enter the subdomain in the url bar, I just get the regular website, as if I was only entering the domain. However, the subdomain is still in the URL so I know it’s setup, it’s just not pointing to the correct app. Any ideas?
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Hello,
It sounds like that your DNS was setup correctly. I believe that it is either an issue with your Nginx configuration or file permissions problem.
What I would suggest is:
- First run a config test for Nginx:
nginx -t
- If you get
Syntax OKthen restart Nginx:
systemctl restart nginx
Then test your site again. If this is still not working, then I would recommend making sure that your root directory for your second domain has the correct ownership:
chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/second_rails_app
Then test the site again, try to clear the cache of your browser before testing the site.
If this still does not work, I would recommend sharing your Nginx server blocks here so that I could advise you further.
Regards, Bobby
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