nginx sharing a server with several domains (subdomain redirection)

Question

I have a server which I want to hosts two web apps (one site and one webapp for instance) and a newbie with nginx (and webhosting).

I have:

• a web server (accessible using http://server.name)
• a main site address (main.site.name or www.main.site.name). Its content is on the server in /usr/share/nginx/www.main.site.name
• a web app with a specific adress (subdomain.other.site). Its content is on the server in /usr/share/nginx/test

I configured my main site using this:

    server {
    server_name .main.site.name;
    root /usr/share/nginx/www.main.site.name;
    index index.html index.htm;
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {    
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

I configured my wab app using this but it does not work:

    server {
        listen subdomain.other.site:80;
        server_name subdomain.other.site;

        root /usr/share/nginx/test;
        index index.html index.htm;
        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        }
        location ~ \.csv$ {
            alias /usr/share/nginx/test/$uri;
        }
    }

This configuration always show me the index.html from the /usr/share/nginx/www.main.site.name

How can I rewrite my configuration to make this work ? Should I use rewrite directives, but how ?

Answer 1

for default site:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name  _;

    # ....
}

and then, for each specific, known site:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name .main.site.name;

    # ....
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name subdomain.other.site;

    # ....
}