# Welcome to Nginx message **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143 "2008-11-25T20:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/1 "2008-11-25T20:28:06Z")
I have installed nginx, but I was wondering what do I need to do in order to be able to type the ip address and instead of getting the welcome screen, have my webpage come up. In other words every time I type xx.xx.xx.xx I get “Welcome to Nginx” but I want to go to my url now. It works fine if I type the domain name but not the ip ---
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/2 "2008-11-25T21:47:53Z")
If you only have the one domain, a simple way would be to delete or rename the nginx/html directory and then create a symbolic link to nginx/html from your doc root. # mv /path/to/nginx/html /path/to/nginx/html.bak # ln -s /path/to/doc/root /path/to/nginx/html From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Swanilda Suarez Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:17 PM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Welcome to Nginx message I have installed nginx, but I was wondering what do I need to do in order to be able to type the ip address and instead of getting the welcome screen, have my webpage come up. In other words every time I type xx.xx.xx.xx I get “Welcome to Nginx” but I want to go to my url now. It works fine if I type the domain name but not the ip ---
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/3 "2008-11-25T22:35:44Z")
Pardon my ignorance but would this work if Nginx is residing on a different machine than the web-servers. I am using it as a proxy for two Windows web-servers. My impression is that this will only work if Nginx is residing on the same machine as the webservers, but I could be obviously wrong. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/4 "2008-11-25T22:46:19Z")
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:17:14PM -0700, Swanilda Suarez wrote: > I have installed nginx, but I was wondering what do I need to do in order to > be able to type the ip address and instead of getting the welcome screen, > have my webpage come up. > In other words every time I type xx.xx.xx.xx I get “Welcome to Nginx” but I > want to go to my url now. It works fine if I type the domain name but not > the ip make the desired vhost ‘default’, you can either user "server\_name \_; " or “listen x.x.x.x:80 default;” ---
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/5 "2008-12-01T13:47:57Z")
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:38:13PM +0100, Almir K. wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:17:14PM -0700, Swanilda Suarez wrote: > > > I have installed nginx, but I was wondering what do I need to do in order to > > be able to type the ip address and instead of getting the welcome screen, > > have my webpage come up. > > In other words every time I type xx.xx.xx.xx I get “Welcome to Nginx” but I > > want to go to my url now. It works fine if I type the domain name but not > > the ip > > make the desired vhost ‘default’, you can either user "server\_name \_; " or > “listen x.x.x.x:80 default;” No, “server\_name \_” does not make a server as default. This is simply nonexistent name that can not interfere with other names. Only “listen default” does the default server for given IP:port. ---
**Author:** ![Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swanilda\_Suarez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swanilda_Suarez)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/welcome-to-nginx-message/154143/6 "2011-04-17T02:24:53Z")
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