nginx server_name configuration

Question

My host does not have a domain name yet, what should I fill in for server_name?

Answer 1

You can fill in the IP address. Either leave it blank or fill it in casually and let this configuration be the default.

nginx is based on server_name 匹配 HTTP 请求头的 host，去决定使用那个 server。host 的值浏览器默认填写域名。如果所有server_name都匹配不到就使用默认的server, so writing this is the most reliable:

server {
    listen      80 default_server;
}

If if if nonedefault_server默认的就是第一个server.

There is no need to distinguish when there is only one. Without a domain name, you can only create one on one portserver.

Answer 2

Are you saying that you haven’t purchased a domain name yet? You can configure hosts to resolve to a fixed server yourself.

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

# Server IP your_server_name

Configure vhost in Nginx to the specific parsing server file path:

server{
...
# Your server domain name
server_name your_server_name;
# Your file path
root /data/dev/..../;
...
}

Answer 3

If not, you can adjust the IP first, and then you can add it when you have a domain name