Question
Domain Subdirectory? www.example.com/blog on different Droplet
- Posted on June 8, 2018
- ApplicationsDNSUbuntu 16.04
Asked by ajit
For example,
I have a website hosted on: Digitalocean “Droplet 1” at www.example.com
Now i want to host Blog or CMS on Domain Subdirectory: “Droplet 2” at www.example.com/blog
so how i can do that on Digitalocean with two Droplet.
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Hello,
If you want to do only with DNS, you would need to use a subdomain, for example, blog.yourdomain.com and point the A record for this subdomain to the IP of your second droplet.
If you want to use subdirectories, you can do that with a reverse proxy setup. This would depend on whether you are using Apache or Nginx.
Here’s how to set that up for Nginx:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-nginx-as-a-web-server-and-reverse-proxy-for-apache-on-one-ubuntu-18-04-server
And here’s a guide for Apache as well:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-apache-as-a-reverse-proxy-with-mod_proxy-on-ubuntu-16-04
Regards, Bobby