Nginx Make IP Address redirect to domain

FYI, in most cases for proper Centmin Mod Nginx operation the server_name in virtual.conf pertaining to default hostname of server should always been default_server for main ip address as alot of Centmin Mod addons like phpmyadmin, linfo and default stats pages for APC Cache, Xcache and Zend Opcache and Memcache rely on serving from default server hostname.domain.com/* which would have public web root at /usr/local/nginx/html.

Of course you can move those stats pages elsewhere and change default_server if you want. Just know that Centmin Mod updates or fixes or improvements won't know where to do future automatic updates for those features or components if you do move them.

Probably better to have a 2nd IP address which you do actual web site hosting on and leave main server IP for default hostname.

Or ghetto work around would be in default hostname's virtual.conf with public web root at /usr/local/nginx/html edit the index.html to refresh redirect to yourdomain.com that would leave rest of default hostname's setup intact

 

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that's because default vhosts's virtual.conf already has mainip listening on port 80

check out Getting Started Guide at Getting Started with Centmin Mod which explains the relationship between server's default hostname's virtual.conf vhost and rest of vhosts created via centmin.sh menu option 2 (particularly last sentence of page)

or if you want edit the centmin.sh menu option 2 add vhost's default vhost template in inc/nginx_addvhost.inc from lines 47 to 93 in .07 stable so to add a specific 2nd ipaddress's listen directive

line 47 to 57 of inc/nginx_addvhost.inc with added secondipaddress

Code:

# redirect from non-www to www
# uncomment, save file and restart Nginx to enable
#server {
#            listen yoursecondipaddress 80;
#            server_name $vhostname;
#            return 301 \$scheme://www.${vhostname}\$request_uri;
#       }

server {
  listen yoursecondipaddress 80;
  server_name $vhostname www.$vhostname;

that way everytime you add a new nginx vhost via centmin.sh menu option 2, it uses the 2nd ip address by default

 

perfectly fine to do so - nearly all my vps are setup this way as Centmin Mod has stats pages etc that work off the main hostname and ip so you can directly access them via ip or hostname i.e. PHP Opcode and Memcached statistics pages | Centmin Mod Community