Description:
On a server that delivers multiple sites, I need to set up the location of a request depending on the host. For example I need to serve different text depending on the site language.
Solution:
The only problem here is that inside the location declaration there cannot be a root or index defined inside an if clause. The way to do it is to set up a variable from the if clause and use it outside of the if:
location /subpage/ {
if ($http_host = “mysite.fr”) { set $country “fr”; }
if ($http_host = “mysite.es”) { set $country “es”; }
index /local/files/$country/index.html
}
