[SOLVED] Nginx on a local machine

kb2tfa · 11-20-2012, 12:08 PM

I have an Ubuntu 12.10 with Nginx. The ip is 10.0.0.6 to access from other computers on my network.

The default page displays telling me the server is working, but when I create a virtual domain it displays same default page.

here is my file site1.com

Code:

server {

listen   80;
server_name site1.com;

access_log /var/www/site1.com/logs/access.log;
error_log /var/www/site1.com/logs/error.log;

location / {

root   /var/www/site1.com/;
index  index.html;

}

}

Using this method on a live dedicated machine of mine works fine, but not on my local machine.

I'm thinking it's something to do with the access of useing the ip maybe?

for example I have to access the local as http://10.0.0.6/site1.com

do you think this has something to do with it?

EDIT: I do have the ln -s link for sites-enabled and I have restarted nginx

bathory · 11-20-2012, 04:16 PM

Hi,

If you want to access you nginx server from other computers using the hostname site1.com, you'll need a dns server (or add an entry in other boxes hosts file)
If you use just the IP to access your server, you need to add it in the server_name directive, like this:

Code:

server_name site1.com 10.0.0.6;

Regards