Nginx and subdomains (and dyndns)

Server NGINX
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Hi list,

Has anyone setup a server running Nginx and subdomains?

Currently my test server on a dynami IP has a domain at DynDns it is
something like: mysite.ath.cx

What I am trying to do is have subdomains/virtualhosts with Nginx only
listening on port 80 and redirecting where it needs to go.

For instance, Phpmyadmin should appear when typing:
http://phpmyadmin.mysite.ath.cx.

And Punbb:
http://punbb.mysite.ath.cx

And obviously my main website is located at:
http://mysite.ath.cx

The problem is that currently, whathever I type like:
http://whatever.mysite.ath.cx
it is always the main website that appears.

If I type http://phpmyadmin.mysite.ath.cx, it is still the main website
that appears.

For the main site, I have currently:
server_name mysite.ath.cx

And for Phpmyadmin:
server_name phpmyadmin.localhost
(phpmyadmin.mysite.ath.cx didn’t work)

And for PunBB:
server_name punbb.localhost

but this doesn’t do the trick.

So how to define the virtualhosts? Are there any other file to check?

Best regards,

2

Have you looked at the examples on the Wiki?
http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxVirtualHostExample

what do you mean phpmyadmin.mysite.ath.cx didn’t work?

-Liang

3

kingler wrote:

what do you mean phpmyadmin.mysite.ath.cx didn’t work?

What an idiot I am! I wasn’t paying enough attention to the error
message spit by nginx when testing the configuration file.

I simply had to increase server_names_hash_bucket_size to 64, because as
Igor said in another topic, if one of the server_name is longer than 27
chars (or something like that), then you need to do so.

Thanks for asking me why it didn’t work.

I still have a little iffty nifty problem:

I am using the Citadel mail server. It has a web application that can be
accessed securely or not. I’d like to access securely. When I setup the
SSL way, I get the following error message:
“No required SSL certificate was sent”

When directly accessing the secure interface without passing through
nginx it works. Accessing it using regular http work through nginx.

I have Monit with its secure web interface and going through nginx, I
get the SSL certificate and can login with no problem.

Concerning Citadel, whose fault is it? Nginx? Citadel? Both?

Best regards,

4

The Citadel issue is fixed. That was a pretty nasty one.

In the proxy_pass, I had to specify https for Citadel, and http for
Monit.

Cheers,

5

You must be have a functional DNS servers in your server.!

Regards.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Fernando P. [email protected]

6

Actually you don’t even need one.

Simply define a virtualhost as: server_name subdomain.mysite.ath.cx;

And that’s it. Now point firefox to http://subdomain.mysite.ath.cx and
enjoy your website :slight_smile:

But for the LAN (i.e: directly access the website even if the DSL
cable is unplugged), I don’t exactly know how to do, I think in this
case a DNS server is required.