How to Setup WordPress on a Home Server

  • terrapin893

    (@terrapin893)


    16 years, 3 months ago

    So several times I have tried to install wordpress to my home server running ubuntu server edition 9.10 Karmic Koala.

    Everytime I get things running I can only access the site from my LAN IP address. The way I have things configured is a little backwards. I dont have Bind properly setup yet with nameservers so I have a domain pointing account at a webhost that is pointing to a dyn dns URL.

    My ISP blocks port 80 as well, so the actual URL that I have the domain pointing at is http://pvm.dnsdojo.org:8000. With it configured like that I can post a html page in my /var/www/ folder and it will show. I can post a phpinfo file in /var/www/ and it will show, but I dont know how to configure wordpress so that it will show externally, outside of my network.

    Any ideas?

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • rainer23

    (@rainer23)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    “Everytime I get things running I can only access the site from my LAN IP address.

    You mean to say your address is http://localhost/ ? Guess that’s normal, what address you would like to have?

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    16 years, 3 months ago

    I just tried this on my test server and shut off port 80 just to be sure.

    Also make sure pvm.dnsdojo.org point to your ISP provided IP address using something like dyndns.org. If pvm.dnsdojo.org is not your ISP provided IP address then this probably wont work.

    If you have an install running, back up your database as a just in case this blows up and you want to put it back.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

    If you are doing a new install put the WordPress files on your web server and make sure that http://pvm.dnsdojo.org:8000/readme.html works from inside your LAN as well as from the Internet.

    From on your LAN install WordPress as normal. Keep it on 80 for now.

    Once WordPress is running and with both 80 and 8000 turned on (add Listen 8000 to /etc/apache2/ports.conf go to your General Settings page on your blog.

    http://your-blog-url/wp-admin/options-general.php

    In the WordPress address (URL) and Blog address (URL) fields and change it from http://pvm.dnsdojo.org to http://pvm.dnsdojo.org:8000

    You will probably get a PHP error at that point (I did, don’t know why). Now try http://pvm.dnsdojo.org:8000/wp-admin. If you get the WordPress dashboard then you are good to go.

    Thread Starter terrapin893

    (@terrapin893)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Yes, pvm.dnsdojo.org does point to my ISP IP Address.

    Those instructions sound solid. I had uninstalled wordpress, let me reinstall and get right back to you with the results. Many thanks.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘How to Setup WordPress on a Home Server’ is closed to new replies.