# Change server name

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [January 18, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964 "2011-01-18T22:22:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964/1 "2011-01-18T22:22:03Z")

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Hi all!  
I need to know how I can change the server name in the tags.  
Server nginx/0.8.53  
 ![](http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/)

Thanks  
Jorge

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> **[Change server name](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,167359,167359#msg-167359)**
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> Hi all! I need to know how I can change the server name in the tags. Server nginx/0.8.53 \[img\]http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/\[/img\] Thanks Jorge

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**Author:** ![jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacppe)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964/2 "2011-01-18T22:23:18Z")

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I’m sorry the image is:

[![](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4166/servernameb.th.png)](http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/)

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Change server name](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,167359,167360#msg-167360)**
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> Hi all! I need to know how I can change the server name in the tags. Server nginx/0.8.53 \[img\]http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/\[/img\] Thanks Jorge

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**Author:** ![jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacppe)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964/3 "2011-01-18T22:37:45Z")

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Hello!

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:20:13PM -0500, jacppe wrote:

> I need to know how I can change the server name in the tags.  
> Server nginx/0.8.53

You can’t, at least not without 3rd party patches/modules. If you  
really want to - you may omit version via server\_tokens directive,  
see here:

> **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)**
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> ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com

Maxim D.

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**Author:** ![jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacppe)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964/4 "2011-01-18T22:42:46Z")

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On 18 Jan 2011 21h21 WET, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m sorry the image is:

[![](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4166/servernameb.th.png)](http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/)

You can go three routes:

1. Patch the Nginx source and change the server token as you please.

2. Use the config option:  
[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com · GitHub](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#server_tokens)  
and remove the version number.

3. Use the 3rd party module:  
[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com · GitHub](http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpHeadersMoreModule#more_set_headers)  
and set the Server header as you please.

— appa

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**Author:** ![jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jacppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacppe)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-server-name/201964/5 "2011-01-18T23:28:00Z")

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Thanks for your answer.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Change server name](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,167359,167384#msg-167384)**
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> Hi all! I need to know how I can change the server name in the tags. Server nginx/0.8.53 \[img\]http://img94.imageshack.us/i/servernameb.png/\[/img\] Thanks Jorge