multiple listen directives

Axel ar at xlrs.de
Mon Sep 16 18:38:51 UTC 2013


Thanks. This helps a lot.

Regards, Axel


Am 16.09.2013 15:45, schrieb Maxim Dounin:
> Hello!
> 
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 03:14:41PM +0200, Axel wrote:
> 
>> Hi Igor,
>> 
>> Am 16.09.2013 14:17, schrieb Igor Sysoev:
>> >>
>> >>server {
>> >>  listen                     192.168.178.20:443 ssl;
>> >>  listen                     192.168.178.30:443 ssl;
>> >>  listen                     192.168.178.40:443 ssl;
>> >>  server_name                my.example.com;
>> >>...
>> >>...
>> >>}
>> >>
>> >>Regards, Axel
>> >>
>> >
>> >Add wildcard:
>> >
>> >  listen                     *:443 ssl;
>> >  listen                     192.168.178.20:443 ssl;
>> >  listen                     192.168.178.30:443 ssl;
>> >  listen                     192.168.178.40:443 ssl;
>> 
>> thanks for your reply.
>> 
>> What happens when i add a wildcard this way? I found
>> http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/187
>> As far as I understand this wildcard enables nginx to bind on one of
>> the given interfaces? Or is this a "catch-all" for the server block?
> 
> If a wildcard listen on a port is used anywhere in configuration,
> nginx will listen on a wildcard address and won't try to bind to
> individual addresses.  In particular, this allows to configure
> listen directives with addresses not currently present on a host.
> 
> Some details can be found at http://nginx.org/r/listen, see "bind"
> parameter description.
> 
>> Do I need to add this wildcard to any enabled vHost?
> 
> No, you don't.  It's enough to add it anywhere in the
> configuration.



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