server_name "";

[Sean Allen]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:38 PM, merlin corey <merlincorey at dc949.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Sean Allen <sean at monkeysnatchbanana.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Peter Leonov <gojpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 19.12.2009, at 1:14, Sean Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>> we are running 0.7.64
>>>>
>>>> have this as a server:
>>>>
>>>> server
>>>> {
>>>>     server_name "";
>>>>
>>>>     location /
>>>>     {
>>>>         return 404;
>>>>     }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> when we try to startup we get:
>>>>
>>>>  [emerg]: the first server name must not be empty in
>>>> /ah/conf/nginx/default_server.conf:4
>>>>
>>>> wiki says:
>>>>
>>>> Since nginx 0.7.12, an empty server name is supported, to catch the
>>>> requests without "Host" header:
>>>>
>>>> server {
>>>>  server_name "";
>>>> }
>>>
>>> We use the underscore + listen default.
>>>
>>> server
>>> {
>>>        server_name _;
>>>        listen 80 default;
>>>        location / { return 404; }
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> That works except, it is getting blocked by another and I'm not sure why.
>> I'm doing this on a local network right now and m.example.com is 192.16.8.1.125
>> if m.example.com is setup then this doesn't get used.
>>
>> m.example.com has:
>>
>> server
>> {
>>    listen m.example.com;
>>    server_name m.example.com;
>> }
>>
>> So from the wiki,
>> if I do a request not to m.example.com but 192.168.1.125
>> shouldnt the listen 80 default server block be the one that handles
>> the response?
>>
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>
> FYI Igor's latest documents at:
> http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/request_processing.html suggest the
> following configuration:
>
> server {
>    listen       80  default_server;
>    server_name  _;
>    return       444;
> }
>
> You will note that now we use default_server, the server_name _, and
> no need for a location to hold the return code.
>

I'm running 0.7.64 and after switching 'default_server' to default per
the wiki doc you referenced,
this still doesnt work. It doesnt respond as the default server

i have

m.example.com is still answering when you

wget http://192.168.1.125/