My issue: Wildcard subdomains redirecting to a specific one
How I encountered the problem: Basically when i go to literally any subdomain on https, nginx will route that to one specific configuration that I have set up. (You can literally go to asiodj9328rhfuidhfdsifhsdufjhds.domain.tld, and it will still route you to that one specific one)
Solutions I’ve tried: None I don’t even know where to start with this.
Version of NGINX or NGINX adjacent software (e.g. NGINX Gateway Fabric): 1.24.0
Deployment environment: Live
NGINX config (formatted in a code block): (Tip → Run nginx -T to print your entire NGINX config to your terminal.)
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
# configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;
events {
worker_connections 768;
# multi_accept on;
}
http {
##
# Basic Settings
##
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# server_tokens off;
# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
# server_name_in_redirect off;
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
##
# SSL Settings
##
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
##
# Logging Settings
##
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
##
# Gzip Settings
##
gzip on;
# gzip_vary on;
# gzip_proxied any;
# gzip_comp_level 6;
# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
# gzip_http_version 1.1;
# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
##
# Virtual Host Configs
##
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}
#mail {
# # See sample authentication script at:
# # http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript
#
# # auth_http localhost/auth.php;
# # pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER";
# # imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS";
#
# server {
# listen localhost:110;
# protocol pop3;
# proxy on;
# }
#
# server {
# listen localhost:143;
# protocol imap;
# proxy on;
# }
#}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/mime.types:
types {
text/html html htm shtml;
text/css css;
text/xml xml;
image/gif gif;
image/jpeg jpeg jpg;
application/javascript js;
application/atom+xml atom;
application/rss+xml rss;
text/mathml mml;
text/plain txt;
text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad;
text/vnd.wap.wml wml;
text/x-component htc;
image/avif avif;
image/png png;
image/svg+xml svg svgz;
image/tiff tif tiff;
image/vnd.wap.wbmp wbmp;
image/webp webp;
image/x-icon ico;
image/x-jng jng;
image/x-ms-bmp bmp;
font/woff woff;
font/woff2 woff2;
application/java-archive jar war ear;
application/json json;
application/mac-binhex40 hqx;
application/msword doc;
application/pdf pdf;
application/postscript ps eps ai;
application/rtf rtf;
application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml kml;
application/vnd.google-earth.kmz kmz;
application/vnd.ms-excel xls;
application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot;
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint ppt;
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics odg;
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation odp;
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet ods;
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text odt;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
pptx;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
xlsx;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
docx;
application/vnd.wap.wmlc wmlc;
application/wasm wasm;
application/x-7z-compressed 7z;
application/x-cocoa cco;
application/x-java-archive-diff jardiff;
application/x-java-jnlp-file jnlp;
application/x-makeself run;
application/x-perl pl pm;
application/x-pilot prc pdb;
application/x-rar-compressed rar;
application/x-redhat-package-manager rpm;
application/x-sea sea;
application/x-shockwave-flash swf;
application/x-stuffit sit;
application/x-tcl tcl tk;
application/x-x509-ca-cert der pem crt;
application/x-xpinstall xpi;
application/xhtml+xml xhtml;
application/xspf+xml xspf;
application/zip zip;
application/octet-stream bin exe dll;
application/octet-stream deb;
application/octet-stream dmg;
application/octet-stream iso img;
application/octet-stream msi msp msm;
audio/midi mid midi kar;
audio/mpeg mp3;
audio/ogg ogg;
audio/x-m4a m4a;
audio/x-realaudio ra;
video/3gpp 3gpp 3gp;
video/mp2t ts;
video/mp4 mp4;
video/mpeg mpeg mpg;
video/ogg ogv;
video/quicktime mov;
video/webm webm;
video/x-flv flv;
video/x-m4v m4v;
video/x-matroska mkv;
video/x-mng mng;
video/x-ms-asf asx asf;
video/x-ms-wmv wmv;
video/x-msvideo avi;
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/api.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
client_max_body_size 100M;
server_name api.astrohweston.xyz;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:7958;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = api.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name api.astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf:
# This file contains important security parameters. If you modify this file
# manually, Certbot will be unable to automatically provide future security
# updates. Instead, Certbot will print and log an error message with a path to
# the up-to-date file that you will need to refer to when manually updating
# this file. Contents are based on https://ssl-config.mozilla.org
ssl_session_cache shared:le_nginx_SSL:10m;
ssl_session_timeout 1440m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/astrohweston.xyz:
server {
server_name astrohweston.xyz;
location / {
root /var/www/Astroville/src;
index index.html;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /feedback {
return 307 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7_urW9hBmhkLPzZdh2tPQOVtPH2HT2ytoy3CIfUjyLTIc_Q/viewform?usp=sharing;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/auth.astrohweston.xyz:
# Upstream where your authentik server is hosted.
upstream authentik {
server auth.astrohweston.xyz:9883;
# Improve performance by keeping some connections alive.
keepalive 10;
}
# Upgrade WebSocket if requested, otherwise use keepalive
map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade_keepalive {
default upgrade;
'' '';
}
server {
# HTTP server config
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name auth.astrohweston.xyz;
# 301 redirect to HTTPS
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
# HTTPS server config
listen 443 ssl;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name auth.astrohweston.xyz;
# TLS certificates
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/auth.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/auth.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;
# Proxy site
# Location can be set to a subpath if desired, see documentation linked below:
# https://goauthentik.io/docs/installation/configuration#authentik_web__path
location / {
proxy_pass https://authentik;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade_keepalive;
}
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/cdn.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
client_max_body_size 100M;
server_name cdn.astrohweston.xyz;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3005;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/cdn.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/cdn.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = cdn.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name cdn.astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
if ($host = guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
server_name guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz;
# allow larger file uploads and longer script runtimes
client_max_body_size 100m;
client_body_timeout 120s;
sendfile off;
error_log /var/log/nginx/bbi-gmd-error.log error;
# SSL Configuration
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/guardsman-discord.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
# ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
# See https://hstspreload.org/ before uncommenting the line below.
# add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; preload;";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
add_header X-Robots-Tag none;
add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self'";
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
add_header Referrer-Policy same-origin;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3009;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/guardsman.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
if ($host = guardsman.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
server_name guardsman.astrohweston.xyz;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
# Replace the example <domain> with your domain name or IP address
listen 443 ssl;
server_name guardsman.astrohweston.xyz;
# SSL Configuration
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/guardsman.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/guardsman.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
# ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
# See https://hstspreload.org/ before uncommenting the line below.
# add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; preload;";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
add_header X-Robots-Tag none;
add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self'";
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
add_header Referrer-Policy same-origin;
root /opt/guardsman-web/public;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
expires 1y;
add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
add_header Accept-Encoding "gzip, compress, br";
}
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
access_log off;
error_log /var/log/nginx/guardsman.log error;
location /api/* {
expires -1;
add_header 'Cache-Control' 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0';
}
location /openapi.json {
expires -1;
add_header 'Cache-Control' 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0';
}
location /statistics.json {
expires -1;
add_header 'Cache-Control' 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0';
}
#GZIP
# Enable gzip compression.
gzip on;
# Compression level (1-9).
# 5 is a perfect compromise between size and CPU usage, offering about
# 75% reduction for most ASCII files (almost identical to level 9).
gzip_comp_level 5;
# Don't compress anything that's already small and unlikely to shrink much
# if at all (the default is 20 bytes, which is bad as that usually leads to
# larger files after gzipping).
gzip_min_length 256;
# Compress data even for clients that are connecting to us via proxies,
# identified by the "Via" header (required for CloudFront).
gzip_proxied any;
# Tell proxies to cache both the gzipped and regular version of a resource
# whenever the client's Accept-Encoding capabilities header varies;
# Avoids the issue where a non-gzip capable client (which is extremely rare
# today) would display gibberish if their proxy gave them the gzipped version.
gzip_vary on;
# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types.
gzip_types
application/atom+xml
application/javascript
application/json
application/ld+json
application/manifest+json
application/rss+xml
application/vnd.geo+json
application/vnd.ms-fontobject
application/x-font-ttf
application/x-web-app-manifest+json
application/xhtml+xml
application/xml
font/opentype
image/bmp
image/svg+xml
image/x-icon
text/cache-manifest
text/css
text/plain
text/vcard
text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
text/vtt
text/x-component
text/x-cross-domain-policy;
# text/html is always compressed by gzip module
# allow larger file uploads and longer script runtimes
client_max_body_size 100m;
client_body_timeout 120s;
sendfile off;
location /api/docs {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9001;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "upload_max_filesize = 100M \n post_max_size=100M";
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
fastcgi_buffer_size 16k;
fastcgi_buffers 4 16k;
fastcgi_connect_timeout 300;
fastcgi_send_timeout 300;
fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params:
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_SCHEME $scheme;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https if_not_empty;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
server_name hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:2473;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name hsps-manager.astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mail.astrohweston.xyz:
server {
server_name mail.astrohweston.xyz; # Replace with your domain name
# Redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS
location / {
proxy_pass https://localhost:8442; # Replace 8443 with the desired port running the SSL-enabled service
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = mail.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name mail.astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/portainer.astrohweston.xyz:
# HTTP server block to redirect to HTTPS
server {
server_name portainer.astrohweston.xyz; # Replace with your domain name
# Redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS
location / {
proxy_pass https://localhost:9443; # Replace 8443 with the desired port running the SSL-enabled service
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/portainer.astrohweston.xyz/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/portainer.astrohweston.xyz/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = portainer.astrohweston.xyz) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
server_name portainer.astrohweston.xyz;
listen 80;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
NGINX access/error log: (Tip → You can usually find the logs in the /var/log/nginx directory.) Nada