Title: Installing Multisite Subdomain
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Installing Multisite Subdomain

 *  Resolved [jordanwierengo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordanwierengo/)
 * (@jordanwierengo)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/)
 * Hello!
 * I am trying to install WordPress Multisite with sub-domains for a company Intranet
   page. I am using LAMP, Ubuntu Server 14 LTS (VMWare VM).
 * Steps I have taken:
 * Deactivated all Plugins
    Set Permalinks to Default (Pretty Permalinks do work,
   so I think that means mod_rewrite is enabled) WordPress/Site Address is [http://192.168.1.96](http://192.168.1.96)/
   var/www/html/wp-config.php backed up /var/www/html/.htaccess backed up
 * Added line to /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf (I think this is 
   the wildcard DNS entry)
    ServerAlias *.192.168.1.96
 * Added lines to /var/www/html/wp-config.php just above /*That’s all, stop editing!
   Happy blogging. */
    /* Multisite */ define( ‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true );
 * Signed into /wp-admin/ > Tools > Network Setup
 * This is where I am stuck: “Because your install is in a directory, the sites 
   in your WordPress network must use sub-directories.”
 * Is this saying I need to move my sites into their own directories in /var/www/
   html/?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/#post-5922587)
 * > This is where I am stuck: “Because your install is in a directory, the sites
   > in your WordPress network must use sub-directories.”
 * No, I think it may be confused….
 * Where’s WP installed? `/var/www/html/` or `/var/www/html/folder` ?
 *  Thread Starter [jordanwierengo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordanwierengo/)
 * (@jordanwierengo)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/#post-5922594)
 * When I posted, WP was installed into /var/www/html
 * I used [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
   to move the WP install to /var/www/html/wordpress/
 * Change the WordPress Address to [http://192.168.1.96/wordpress/](http://192.168.1.96/wordpress/)
   and Site Address left at [http://192.168.1.96/](http://192.168.1.96/)
 * This did not fix my subdomain issue though.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/#post-5922776)
 * [http://192.168.1.96/](http://192.168.1.96/) is the problem
 * You cannot have subdomains if you’re using an IP address but that’s the wrong
   error. I’ll go back and check with core about it, but that’s why.
 * You need to use a domain name like example.com
 *  Thread Starter [jordanwierengo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordanwierengo/)
 * (@jordanwierengo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/#post-5922777)
 * Made the change in WP-Admin > Setting > General and this fixed the issue!!!!
 * WordPress Address: [http://ubuntu/wordpress](http://ubuntu/wordpress)
    Site Address:
   [http://ubuntu](http://ubuntu)
 * Thank you very much!

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 * [lamp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lamp/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subdomain/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jordanwierengo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordanwierengo/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-subdomain/#post-5922777)
 * Status: resolved

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