nginx: server_name wildcard not working

[Igor Sysoev]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:20:24PM +0100, Igor Clark wrote:

> Thanks Wayne.
> 
> I've tried with 0.6 and that allows wildcards at the end, but  
> apparently not at the beginning *and* the end.
> 
> 	# /usr/local/nginx-0.6.0/sbin/nginx -t -c /usr/local/nginx-0.6.0/ 
> conf/nginx.conf
> 	2007/06/27 14:14:24 [emerg] 8819#0: invalid server name or wildcard  
> "*.apache1.*" on 0.0.0.0:80
> 
> Should this work in 0.6.0? If not, will it ever work?

No, 0.6.0+ supports wildcards at the beginning OR at the end
and as full domain part(s) only. There's no plans to add other
functionality.

> On 27 Jun 2007, at 12:59, Wayne E. Seguin wrote:
> 
> >On Jun 27, 2007, at 07:01 , Igor Clark wrote:
> >>Hi there,
> >>
> >>We have developers working with various versions of web servers  
> >>and programming languages, for different clients and environments.
> >>I'm trying to do this:
> >>
> >>        server {
> >>                listen  80;
> >>                server_name     apache1 *.apache1.*.mydomain.com;
> >
> >From what I understand wildcards may be only in front, and the 0.6  
> >branch will allow wildcards at the end.
> >
> >http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpMapModule?highlight=%28%2A.%29
> >
> >--
> >Wayne E. Seguin
> >Sr. Systems Architect & Systems Admin
> >wayneseguin at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> 
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