Host multiple domains under the same server IP

How to host multiple, different domains under the same server IP using Nginx.

Prerequisites

• Root access to the web server to update the nginx.conf file.
• Unique public folders for each website (i.e. /var/www/mydomain1, /var/www/mydomain2)

Instructions

1. Log into your web server via SSH.

2. Edit the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file and update it with 2 server { } block directives:

    server {
        listen 80;
        root /var/www/mydomain1;
        index index.html;
        server_name mydomain1.com;
    }
    server {
        listen 80;
        root /var/www/mydomain.com; 
        index index.html;
        server_name mydomain2.com;
    }

3. Save the nginx.conf file

4. Reload the configuration file to test the web server:

    sudo nginx -t

5. Restart Nginx:

    sudo systemctl restart nginx