Nginx rewrite rule for favicon.ico files

[Igor Sysoev]

On Aug 31, 2012, at 14:28 , nexon wrote:

> Nginx rewrite rules for favicon.ico for multiple subdomains.
> 
> In nginx /etc/sites-avaliable/vhost_config_file, I have the following
> rewrite rules for serving multiple subdomains with their favicon.ico files:
> 
> 
> 
>    if ($host = example1.example.com){
>       rewrite ^/favicon.ico$ /favicon_example.ico break;
>     }
> 
>    if ($host = example2.example.com){
>       rewrite ^/favicon.ico$ /favicon_example.ico break;
>     }
> 
>    if ($host = example3.example.com){
>       rewrite ^/favicon.ico$ /favicon_example.ico break;
>     }
> 
> 
> Please, how can I make this simple operation by adding **ONE GENERAL REWRITE
> RULE**:
> 
> That rule must do:
> 
> 1.For subdomains example1,example2... to check in location /images/$host.ico
> is there a favicon_example.ico file and serve it.
> 
> 2.If there is no such file, than to serve just a plain favicon.ico file.
> 
> Thank's in advance...

Why not to create a separate server block for each site instead of this
if/rewrite mess ?


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Igor Sysoev