Store part of subdomain in a variable to use as root

[martinc6]

Martin Schut Wrote:
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> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:54:56 +0200, martinc6 
> wrote:
> 
> > martinc6 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >> Igor Sysoev Wrote:
> >>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> >> -----
> >> > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 02:24:53AM -0400,
> >> martinc6
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I need to store part of a subdomain in a
> >> > variable in order to use it as my root and I
> >> can't
> >> > seem to get it to work.
> >> > >
> >> > > The URLs would be formed like:
> >> > martin_branch.dev.testsite.com
> >> > >
> >> > > And I need root to be
> >> > /home/martin/martin_branch.dev.testsite.com
> >> > >
> >> > > The underscore ("_") and stuff afterwards
> is
> >> > optional. I'll also need
> >> martin.dev.testsite.com
> >> > to have its root as
> >> > /home/martin/martin.dev.testsite.com.
> >> > >
> >> > > Note that the name ("martin") and home
> folder
> >> > will vary.
> >> > >
> >> > > This is what I've got so far:
> >> > >
> >> > > server {
> >> > >         listen   80;
> >> > >         server_name
> >> > ~^(.+)_*\.dev\.testsite\.com$;
> >> > >         set $myroot $1;
> >> > >         root /home/$myroot/$host;
> >> > >  }
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks in advance!
> >> >
> >> > What is in error_log ?
> >> > BTW, "_" is invalid character in domain
> name.
> >> >
> >> > Also for this simple configuraiton you may
> omit
> >> > "set" since $1 is never
> >> > overwritten:
> >> >
> >> >  server {
> >> >          listen   80;
> >> >          server_name
> >> > ~^(.+)_*\.dev\.testsite\.com$;
> >> >          root /home/$1/$host;
> >> >  }
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Igor Sysoev
> >> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >>
> >> The reason for the set is that we have other
> if
> >> statements and rewrites but they shouldn't be
> >> conflicting because they're the same as on
> other
> >> subdomains we use. I commented it all out just
> in
> >> case to test this.
> >>
> >> In there error logs I get
> >> /home//martin.dev.testsite.com which means
> that
> >> $myhost is empty so the regex isn't returning
> >> anything.
> >>
> >> We're changing our format to
> >> branch.martin.dev.testsite.com to be more
> valid.
> >> I'm reworking the regex like so:
> >> ^\.*(.+)\.dev\.testsite\.com.*$
> >>
> >> But it's not done yet clearly. In my regex
> tester
> >> that returns the name I want but nginx doesn't
> >> seem to do it.
> >
> >
> > The regex we're using is:
> \.*([^.]+)[.]dev[.]testsite[.]com.*$
> >
> > But it doesn't seem to be returning anything to
> the server. Still get a  
> > 404 and logs says it's looking for
> /home//martin.dev.testsite.com
> >
> > Posted at Nginx Forum:  
> >
> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,4750,4758#msg-47
> 58
> >
> >
> >
> 
> I think you need something like
> ^[^.]*\.([^.]*)\.dev\.testsite\.com$ or  
> ^.*\.(.*)\.dev\.testsite\.com$
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Martin
> 
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That only seems to grab 'martin" if the url is branch.martin.dev.testsite.com but I also need it to grab "martin" if the url is just martin.dev.testsite.com

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,4750,4768#msg-4768