Unicode domain name in Nginx server_name

Question

I am trying to set up a server with a domain name called "privatinstruktør.dk" but keeps getting redirected to the default "welcome to nginx" page.

I have tried to type in the server_name like this:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name privatinstruktør.dk;

  location / {
    root /var/www/privat;
  }
}

but that did not work. So I tried using regular expressions like:

server_name "~^privatinstrukt(.+)r\.dk$";

and

server_name "~^privatinstrukt(.*)r\.dk$";

and even

server_name "~^privat(.*)$";

But all fails and I am redirected to the default page. Does anyone have a hint on how to fix this?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 20 '20 at 18:02

10

Configure a Unicode domain name using punycode format in nginx:

server_name xn--privatinstruktr-jub.dk;

edited Jan 20 '20 at 18:02

Phil

answered Nov 23 '16 at 13:05

Alexander Azarov

1

Do you really need both? – Phil Apr 10 '17 at 14:58
4

@Phil no, the [nginx docs](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html#idn) have specifically this to say: "Internationalized domain names (IDNs) should be specified using an ASCII (Punycode) representation in the server_name directive." – Amunak Jan 06 '20 at 17:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '20 at 18:01

Use only the Punycode name:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name xn--privatinstruktr-jub.dk;

  location / {
    root /var/www/privat;
  }
}

which is what the Nginx Docs say:

Internationalized domain names (IDNs) should be specified using an ASCII (Punycode) representation in the server_name directive

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