How to log virtual server name

[Piotr Sikora]

Hi,

> 1.       Cannot set more than 1 server name – Nginx is ignoring multiple 
> server names defined on the same IP with a warning message

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#server_name

You want to specify multiple server names within one directive, do not use 
multiple directives.

> 2.       Cannot log the virtual server name (Apache %v equivalent) to the 
> access_log. Any variable in the custom log format – ie. $server_name, 
> $host, etc does not log the Host headers, but rather the server name 
> string set with the server_name directive (if matched). This makes it 
> impossible to have a combined log file for different sites set in a 
> virtual hosting environment on the same IP address.

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#variables

"$host" works just fine, you must have tested it wrong.

Best regards,
Piotr Sikora < piotr.sikora at frickle.com >