Rewrite all requests which no longer exist to domain.
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I have for some time wanted to find a simple way to force a domain into a single address www.domain or http://domain with web2py using routes.py and nginx. I did a bit of research more than a few times into routes.py and the mapping system seemed a bit confusing and time consuming for me to take my existing routed domains and make the necessary changes. So I began to look at the server configuration and here is what I came up with after a bit of research.
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iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8118 -s 1.2.3.4 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8118 -j DROP

I figured out how to run multiple instances of web2py. In case I ever wanted to offer hosting for this service.

Here is how I did it.
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