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Note: “VirtualHost” is an Apache term. NGINX does not have Virtual hosts, it has “Server Blocks” that use the server_name and listen directives to bind to tcp sockets.
http {
index index.html;
server {
server_name www.domain1.com;
access_log logs/domain1.access.log main;
root /var/www/domain1.com/htdocs;
}
server {
server_name www.domain2.com;
access_log logs/domain2.access.log main;
root /var/www/domain2.com/htdocs;
}
}
http {
index index.html;
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name _; # This is just an invalid value which will never trigger on a real hostname.
access_log logs/default.access.log main;
server_name_in_redirect off;
root /var/www/default/htdocs;
}
}
This is just a really easy way to keep adding new subdomains, or to add new domains automatically when DNS records are pointed at the server. Note that I have included FCGI here as well. If you want to just serve static files, strip out the FCGI config and change the default document to index.html. Rather than creating a new vhost.conf file for every domain, just create one of these:
server {
# Replace this port with the right one for your requirements
listen 80 default_server; #could also be 1.2.3.4:80
# Multiple hostnames separated by spaces. Replace these as well.
server_name star.yourdomain.com *.yourdomain.com; # Alternately: _
root /PATH/TO/WEBROOT;
error_page 404 errors/404.html;
access_log logs/star.yourdomain.com.access.log;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
# static file 404's aren't logged and expires header is set to maximum age
location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {
access_log off;
expires max;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
# By all means use a different server for the fcgi processes if you need to
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:YOURFCGIPORTHERE;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}