Weird problem

[Jim Ohlstein]

Thanks Igor. Changing to

listen 80;

worked like a charm. I never had this problem with other servers. I've been
pulling out my hair for a couple of days over this.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nginx at sysoev.ru [mailto:owner-nginx at sysoev.ru] On Behalf Of
> Igor Sysoev
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 2:50 AM
> To: nginx at sysoev.ru
> Subject: Re: Weird problem
> 
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 02:04:59AM -0500, Jim Ohlstein wrote:
> 
> > nginx.conf:
> >
> >
> > #user nginx;
> > worker_processes  8;
> >
> > error_log  logs/error.log;
> >
> > pid        logs/nginx.pid;
> >
> >
> > events {
> >     worker_connections  1024;
> > }
> >
> >
> > http {
> >     include       mime.types;
> >     default_type  application/octet-stream;
> >     server_tokens off;
> >
> >     sendfile        on;
> >     tcp_nopush	    on;
> >     tcp_nodelay     on;
> >
> >     server_names_hash_bucket_size    64;
> >
> >     #keepalive_timeout  0;
> >     keepalive_timeout  70 20;
> >
> >     gzip  on;
> >     gzip_comp_level 1; gzip_proxied any;
> > 	gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml
> > application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
> >
> >     server {
> >         listen      *:80;
> >         server_name  mars.jlkhosting.com;
> >
> >
> >         location / {
> >             root   html;
> >             index  index.php index.html index.htm;
> >         }
> >
> >         error_page  404              /404.html;
> >
> >         error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
> >         location = /50x.html {
> >             root   html;
> >         }
> >
> >         location ~ \.php$ {
> >             root           html;
> >             fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
> >             fastcgi_index  index.php;
> >             fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME
> /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
> >             include        fastcgi_params;
> >         }
> >
> > 		location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {
> >         	expires max;
> > 		}
> >
> >         location ~ /\.ht {
> >             deny  all;
> >         }
> >     }
> >
> >
> >
> > include /usr/local/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
> > include /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
> > }
> >
> > Typical site config:
> >
> > server {
> > listen vivid-tube.com:80;
> 
> Try to set address here:
>    listen XX.XX.XX.XX:80;
> 
> I think that nginx's host nameserver have cached an old vivid-tube.com
> address and so nginx does not match a new address. Other way is
> wildcard
> 
>    listen *:80;
> 
> or
> 
>    listen 80;
> 
> > server_name vivid-tube.com  *.vivid-tube.com;
> > index index.php index.html;
> > root /home/jim/vivid-tube.com/html;
> >
> > location / {
> > error_page 404 = //index.php;
> >
> > if ($host ~* www\.(.*)) {
> >   set $host_without_www $1;
> >   rewrite ^(.*)$ http://$host_without_www$1 permanent;
> > }
> 
> BTW, it's better to move this "if" in separate server:
> 
> server {
>     server_name vivid-tube.com  *.vivid-tube.com;
>     ...
> }
> 
> server {
>     server_name   www.vivid-tube.com;
>     rewrite ^   http://vivid-tube.com$request_uri? permanent;
> }
> 
> > location ~ \.flv$ {
> >     flv;
> > }
> >
> > location ~ .php$ {
> > fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
> > fastcgi_index index.php;
> > include /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > Currently that domain is pointing to nginx doc root and you can
> confirm by
> > going to http://vivid-tube.com/phpinfo.php. You'll see that the php
> variable
> > "_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]" is "/usr/local/nginx/html/phpinfo.php".
> Earlier
> > that domain was pointing to another domain. Later it will point
> (hopefully)
> > where it should...
> >
> > I've reloaded and restarted nginx and even rebooted the server. No
> luck.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: owner-nginx at sysoev.ru [mailto:owner-nginx at sysoev.ru] On Behalf
> Of Joe
> > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:26 AM
> > To: nginx at sysoev.ru
> > Subject: Re: Weird problem
> >
> > Any parts of your nginx.conf?
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Jim Ohlstein <jim.ohlstein at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I?m setting up a new server, consolidating some smaller ones into the
> new
> > one. I?ve installed nginx 0.7.38 and I?m using BIND as a nameserver.
> I have
> > checked my domain.host files and they all look fine.
> >
> > I?m moving domains a few at a time. As I move them I change the IP?s
> of the
> > child nameservers to point to IP?s on the new server. This results in
> fairly
> > quick propagation and within a short period if I flush my cache at my
> home
> > PC I am directed to the new server.
> >
> > I am using the same nginx.conf as I use elsewhere, except for the
> server
> > name and number of child processes. I use the same site config files.
> I am
> > using the same paths? generally /home/jim/domain.tld/html for a
> document
> > root, and I am using the same version and configuration of php and
> php-fpm
> > with the same user and group. The only difference in my nginx binary
> is that
> > I have added support for h.264 streaming but I have removed that with
> the
> > same results so I doubt that can be an issue.
> >
> > The problem is that each time I add a domain for anywhere from 6-24
> hours
> > nginx serves pages from a different domain on the new machine. Or
> sometimes
> > it defaults to serving from /usr/local/nginx/html. I?ve confirmed the
> paths
> > that it is calling ?document root? and that the IP?s are from the new
> > server. After this amount of time nginx starts serving documents from
> the
> > correct directory/doc root.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Joe
> >
> 
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/