Help noob with redirection

--[ UxBoD ]-- uxbod at splatnix.net
Wed Jun 9 16:35:32 MSD 2010


----- Original Message -----
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:30:47PM +0100, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:19:00PM +0100, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > >
> > > > > proxy_redirect https://pm01.domain.com/ /;
> > > > > proxy_redirect https://pm02.domain.com/ /;
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Igor, that works now using the above syntax :) A question though
> > > > is there anyway to tell NGINX to redirect based on the proxied
> > > > hostname ? If we had pm01 ... 100 then I would need to add 100
> > > > proxy_redirect statements or can it be done with a clever single
> > > > line ?
> > >
> > > Currently nginx does not support variables in the first parameter,
> > > so you have to add 100 proxy_redirect statements.
> > >
> > > The other way is to configure backends to use single name as main
> > > server name
> > > to use it in redirects.
> > >
> > >
> > Sorry Igor, having a mind blank! Do you mean by using DNS eg.
> > pm.domain.com IN A 1.2.3.4
> >                                                                             IN
> >                                                                             A
> >                                                                             5.6.7.8
> 
> Not exactly this.
> If you use Apache you should set
> ServerName pm.domain.com
> on every instance.
> 
Ah, the lightbulb has been switched on :)  Thank you very much for your detailed responsse and help.
-- 
Thanks, Phil



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