Title: Root network domain not working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Root network domain not working

 *  [wp-questions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-questions/)
 * (@wp-questions)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a 3.5.1 subdomain multisite network with 2 subdomains and 3 websites (
   using MU plugin)
    The site is hosted on AWS EC2 (Bitnami) with an elastic static
   IP.
 * Up until this morning all the sites including the root site were working ok. 
   Then when I tried to access my root site I was getting redirected to the AWS 
   hostname!
 * I checked the wp-config file and sure enough there was a change on this line:
   
   define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘mydomain.net’ ); TO THIS: define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’,‘
   ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com’ );
 * I reverted back to the original config: define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘mydomain.
   net’ );
    but now I get an error page: **This webpage has a redirect loop** Error
   310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS): There were too many redirects.
 * I’ve looked for an .htaccess file but could not find any on my Bitnami AWS instance(
   checked all folders uner htdocs). The only thing remotely close to .htaccess 
   was wordpress.conf:
 * <IfVersion < 2.3 >
    NameVirtualHost *:80 </IfVersion>
 * <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [mail@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/mail@example.com?output_format=md)
   DocumentRoot “/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs”
 * <Directory “/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs”>
    Options +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride None <IfVersion < 2.3 > Order allow,deny Allow from all </IfVersion
   > <IfVersion >= 2.3> Require all granted </IfVersion>
 *  RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
 *  # uploaded files
    RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [
   L]
 *  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d 
   RewriteRule ^ – [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] </Directory> </VirtualHost>
 * Please help me!

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 *  Thread Starter [wp-questions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-questions/)
 * (@wp-questions)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/#post-3712235)
 * any input? :/
 *  [Steve Blackwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluesplinter/)
 * (@bluesplinter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/#post-3712246)
 * I don’t see a “ServerName mydomain.com” directive in your VirtualHost block. 
   Do you have an old version from when it worked to compare it to?
 *  Thread Starter [wp-questions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-questions/)
 * (@wp-questions)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/#post-3712253)
 * not sure if I have an older version but will check.
 * So I changed my wp-config.php to have DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE as ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.
   compute-1.amazonaws.com and now when I login to the network through the Amazon
   EC2 domain name it works and I can see all the sites and have all the network
   dashboard functions.
 * Under Sites it looks like the main site is also now ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.
   amazonaws.com (I assume this is due to the change in wp-config?)

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-network-domain-not-working/#post-3712253)
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