Testing Server without domain name

Server NGINX
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Hi There,

at the moment I’m waiting for my Domain-Name (because of some problems
this will last a few days).

Now I wanna test nginx only with IP-Adress.
This is no Problem for Default but how about sub-Domains?
Is it possible to internally map 1.2.3.4/abrakadabra to
abrakadabra.1.2.3.4?
With domain-Name this seems to be no problem, but without?

Thanks allot - and sry I’m a beginner.
Chris

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On 23 Jul 2011 13h07 WEST, [email protected] wrote:

Hi There,

at the moment I’m waiting for my Domain-Name (because of some
problems this will last a few days).

Now I wanna test nginx only with IP-Adress. This is no Problem for
Default but how about sub-Domains? Is it possible to internally map
1.2.3.4/abrakadabra to abrakadabra.1.2.3.4? With domain-Name this
seems to be no problem, but without?

Not sure I understand your question. But I run nginx on my dev
machines using only the loop device. Most of my stuff are drupal
sites. I run each site on a different port. That way the dev
environment gets easily mapped to the production environment by just
changing a few values of some key directives, like listen, root and
specifying a server_name.

E.g.:

server {
listen [::]:8801;

(…)
}

Or

server {
listen 1.2.3.4:80;

(…)
}

…

server {
listen 1.2.3.4:8080;

(…)
}

HTH,
— appa

3

Hi

I assume you’re talking about a public domain. If you don’t have a
domain name, how can you map sub-domains?
If you only have a public IP address, that’s all you have. At most you
can use 1.2.3.4/subfolder

If you mean a private network, i don’t get your domain issues. If the
server is in a LAN i do what António Almeida does and change ports.

HTH,
Nuno

–
“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”

4

On 23 Jul 2011 13h07 WEST, [email protected] wrote:

Hi There,

at the moment I’m waiting for my Domain-Name (because of some
problems this will last a few days).

Now I wanna test nginx only with IP-Adress. This is no Problem for
Default but how about sub-Domains? Is it possible to internally map
1.2.3.4/abrakadabra to abrakadabra.1.2.3.4? With domain-Name this
seems to be no problem, but without?

EDIT: Oops. Not yet fully awaken: not loop, but loopback :slight_smile:

Not sure I understand your question. But I run nginx on my dev
machines using only the loopback device. Most of my stuff are drupal
sites. I run each site on a different port. That way the dev
environment gets easily mapped to the production environment by just
changing a few values of some key directives, like listen, root and
specifying a server_name.

E.g.:

server {
listen [::]:8801;

(…)
}

Or

server {
listen 1.2.3.4:80;

(…)
}

…

server {
listen 1.2.3.4:8080;

(…)
}

HTH,
— appa

5

Hi

sure this looks fine for me,
just be aware of the changes regarding your
dns servers, some providers do it a different way than usual.
if you have the primary dns server assigned to your server,
the you*ll have no problems

kind regards,
malte

Am 24.07.2011 um 00:11 schrieb Gelonida:

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You can privately map the domain name to your ip address by adding an
entry to the hosts file (or a private dns server) on your test client.
This way you don’t have to change anything in nginx.

Hendrik

Am Sa, 23.07.2011, 14:07 schrieb Christian Becker: