If I already have a bunch of virtualhosts, how can I create a virtual host to handle requests that don't match any of the virtualhosts? (i.e. access by IP, another domain linking to IP, .etc .etc)
server_name _; and default_server on the listen configuration are what you are looking for.
Example:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name _;
root /var/www/default; (or wherever)
}
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When I enable this, my
owncloud 9won't respond. Why? Owncloud VHOST has a server_name and is no default_server. – Corni Jul 16 '16 at 7:56 -
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If I add this, my other config snippets in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ are ignored. all domains go to
/var/www/defaultin this case. How do I have to order the snippets? – rubo77 Aug 11 '18 at 14:57 -
If you use SSL, then you need some extra plumbing for a default_server - certificate and key (that can be self-signed).
server {
server_name _;
listen 80 default_server;
listen 443 ssl default_server;
ssl_certificate <path to cert>;
ssl_certificate_key <path to key>;
return 404; # or whatever
}
Nginx will try to accept SSL connection on an IP/port-matching default_server. If such server is missing cert/key, nginx will drop the connection. It won't try other servers. So don't forget cert/key.
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Important note about the SSL certificate! If the certificate is missing, the whole nginx server will not run (even though
nginx -tsays "ok") – Philipp Mar 11 '19 at 22:20
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
server_name _;
root /path/to/default;
}
The entries are for port 80 (HTTP), port 443 (HTTPS), port 80 IPv6, and port 443 IPv6, respectively.
You could consider adding log_not_found off; to avoid adding a log entry for the page not being found.
