Domain redirects to IP address and also loading from IP address

October 23, 2013 34.3k views
bui.dphuong
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bui.dphuong
Hi, I have a droplet running the latest ubuntu and wordpress. I set up everything like in the tutorials and my domain is working. But when I type in www.mydomain.com/wp-admin, it redirects itself to xx.xxx.123.456/wp-admin which is the IP address of the droplet that DigitalOcean gave me. Also, when I go to www.mydomain.com, my homepage loads just fine but I notice my browser says that its is connecting and waiting for xx.xxx.123.456, not www.mydomain.com itself. I may be unclear here so please ask for more info. I would not like to expose my IP address like that and also it looks extremely shady to my visitors. Please help! Thanks a lot!
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pablo October 23, 2013
Log into your WordPress Dashboard & navigate to Settings. What's listed as your Site URL & Home URL?
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ahrotahntee October 23, 2013
Did you configure wordpress with your IP address before purchasing or setting up your domain name? I do know that Wordpress uses a lot of absolute links which I believe is the source of your problem.
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pablo October 23, 2013
Look in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. Then, execute cat [filename_of_your_wordpress_config_file] and look for the ServerName directive. What do you have listed?
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bui.dphuong October 23, 2013
@Ahrotahntee: Yes, I managed to install WP using the IP address and then later I pointed my domain to that IP. How should I fix this?
@Pablo of vDevices: In /etc/apache2/sites-enabled, only the 000-dafault file is there. Please advise!
Thanks guys for your help!
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pablo October 23, 2013
Execute cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-dafault. Do you see a line that begins with ServerName? If so, what's after it? If not, then add it, as described in Step Five of: How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
by Etel Sverdlov
This tutorial shows you how to set up a new directory, how to grant the correct permissions, how to add content to a new page, how to turn on virtual hosting, and how to, if needed, set up local hosts. Virtual Hosts are used to run more than one domain off of a single IP address and allows you to run multiple sites off of a single DigitalOcean droplet. This tutorial describes how to set up virtual hosts with Apache.
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bui.dphuong October 23, 2013
@Pablo of vDevices: I followed the tutorials and add all the info like you said but the problem is still there. :(
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bui.dphuong October 23, 2013
Wow I'm such an idiot. The URL in WP is... the IP address. I didn't think to check for that first.
Thank you a lot Pablo! I am this close to create another droplet and start over lol! Please know that I'm deeply grateful!
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sales538035 March 14, 2014
hi Pablo,when i follow your instractons then the site is broken redirect my site to a broken site also wo-admin url not working!
"Log into your WordPress Dashboard & navigate to Settings. What's listed as your Site URL & Home URL?"
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