Hosting multiple static sites

vasure · 2013-09-29T05:27:10+00:00

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Hosting multiple static sites

vasure

Hi Guys,

I am trying to use openresty for hosting multiple sites. Redis interface for authentication/accounts is working like a charm.

I need help with basics. I am setting up number of domains more like a virtual host but I don't want to pre populate config file with bunch of server configurations.

Assuming I have directory structure like:
/root/openresty/work/<domain related directory>
/root/openresty/work/xyz.domainA.com
/root/openresty/work/xyz.domainB.com

If I visit xyz.domainA.com, nginx should serve content from /root/openresty/work/xyz.domainA.com.

I am expecting following should work. Removed authentication and everything else.

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        location / {
            root /root/openresty/work/${host};
            index index.html;
            autoindex on;
        }
    }
}

I tried alias, setting root in lua and lot of other things - nothing seem to work. I always get 403. How do I solve this?

thanks in advance.
-Srini

seimaximtechnology

vasure

You don’t need to pre-fill one big config file.
Use a wildcard/default server block and load domain configs from /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/.
This keeps things modular and easier to manage.
Each new domain just needs a small config file.
Or, if you want to avoid manual setup, SeiMaxim
offers VPS and dedicated servers optimized for multi-domain hosting.

agentzh

Hello!

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Srini Kommoori wrote:
>
> I tried alias, setting root in lua and lot of other things - nothing seem to
> work. I always get 403. How do I solve this?
>

Your way of using $host in the "root" path should work.

Your 403 error indicates you're having a file permission issue here,
which is unrelated.

Please ensure that the system user running your nginx *worker* process
has enough permission to access your files under
/root/openresty/work/xyz.domainA.com/ and etc. The system account
running your nginx worker processes should have "x" permission on all
the directories in the file paths and "r" permission on the file it is
accessing.

You can try more permissive locations like /tmp/ first :)

Best regards,
-agentzh

vasure

:) Thanks. Looks like that is the issue. Once I fixed permissions, everything is expected.

Thanks.

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Yichun Zhang (agentzh) <age...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello!

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Srini Kommoori wrote:
>
> I tried alias, setting root in lua and lot of other things - nothing seem to
> work. I always get 403. How do I solve this?
>

Your way of using $host in the "root" path should work.

Your 403 error indicates you're having a file permission issue here,
which is unrelated.

Please ensure that the system user running your nginx *worker* process
has enough permission to access your files under
/root/openresty/work/xyz.domainA.com/ and etc. The system account
running your nginx worker processes should have "x" permission on all
the directories in the file paths and "r" permission on the file it is
accessing.

You can try more permissive locations like /tmp/ first :)

Best regards,
-agentzh

.

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