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