how to handle "server_name" in intranet environment

[Bert Douglas]

Igor Sysoev <is at ...> writes:

> 
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 07:27:48PM +0000, Bert Douglas wrote:
 
> > What should I put in for "server_name"?
> > 

> 
> Try
>       server_name  _ *;
> 
> the "_" is stub, and "*" says nginx to use client "Host" header.
>

Sadly, it doesn't seem to work.

Request to http://192.168.x.x/abc

server_name _ *;

location /abc/ {
...
} 

This gets redirected to:
http://_/abc/
Which is a problem.

Client sends "host" header as follows:
Host: 192.168.2.92:8811
So it is not blank.

Thanks again,
Bert Douglas