Use variable for server_name in nginx

Question

I'm trying to use a variable in nginx in server_name, but is not working. Is this possible?

server { listen 80; index index.php index.html; set $foo "bar.example.com"; server_name $foo; } 

Answer 1

No it's not possible unless you want to set it to exactly the $hostname variable.

Ref:

• http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html

• nginx server_name based on $hostname

Answer 2

To set the server name in Nginx to the virtual machine name, you can use the built-in variable $hostname.

server { listen 443 ssl; server_name $hostname; }