Change configuration to point to localhost

  • Resolved factchecker

    (@factchecker)


    18 years, 9 months ago

    Hello. Trying to get moved from shared hosting to VPS for a week. I got this email from support now, and can’t figure out what to change:

    I am seeing that your site is now resolving correctly. It may still take a bit on your end. I noticed that there was a database error when I looked at it on the wordpress blog. Make sure you change the configuration to point to localhost for your database, as it looks like it might be looking at a remote server.

    I have VPS Manager, Cpanel, and WHM links. Any idea which one is the place I need to go. Can’t find it in any of them, but I am quite jittery at this point and may be overlooking the obvious. Thanks.

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  • DianeV

    (@dianev)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    That would be in your WordPress files. Check your specifications in your wp-config.php file — that’s where you specify the name and location of the database.

    paulgweb

    (@paulgweb)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    Are you referring to the setting needed in “install.php” ?

    paulgweb

    (@paulgweb)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    I see, your script is complaining: “or we can’t contact the database server at remotemysqlhost.”

    maybe your host was saying to change the install.php server address to “localhost”

    paulgweb

    (@paulgweb)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    Hi DianeV – looks like we both replied at the same time… and said the same thing. Can you look at my support question too?

    DianeV

    (@dianev)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    paulgweb, I’m not quite sure what your question was, but based upon what you said (and I’ve not dealt with the WP 2.x versions):

    – the database specifications are in wp-config.php
    – there are no settings to be set in install.php; you just input the database data in wp-config.php, and then run install.php

    Does that help?

    Thread Starter factchecker

    (@factchecker)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    the database specifications are in wp-config.php

    Thank you SO much. That localhost advice was what I needed. Smiling again for the first time in a week.

    DianeV

    (@dianev)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    Excellent!

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