Hi,
I created a ‘template droplet’ site last week, which was a clean installation of Wordpress including my most used plugins. I then created a snapshot of my ‘template droplet’ so that I could spin up a droplet from this ‘template droplet’.
I created a new droplet from the ‘template droplet’ yesterday, and it seems like it inherited the IP address from the ‘template droplet’ in the Wordpress settings. So now when i try to access the base template the new site loads. I’ve logged into the new site backend and updated the wordpress settings to use the new droplet IP address… BUT now i can’t access either site… they are stuck in a loop. I have since powered down the new droplet so that it does not exist, but i still cannot access the ‘template droplet’ .
Questions
01 - how can I resolve this issue?
02 - how can I spin up a new droplet from the snapshot without this happening again?
Any help at all on this would be greatly appreciated. I am also willing to pay someone for their time / help with this - thank you.
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@jtittle thank youbfor your help.
I have a few questions on this.
01 - I thought logging into /wp-admin on the new droplet and setting the new IP in Wordpress Settings would work?
02 - If I change the IP address in wp-config, do also need to set the new IP address in Wordpress settings?
03 - I have turned the new droplet off, hoping that the template droplet would then load but I’m still getting a 301… how could I resolve this?
Thanks again for your help, it’s much appreciated.
@jtittle thanks for your help.
Here is my feedback.
01 - i deleted the htaccess file on the template droplet and the IP /wp-admin and it still redirects to the new droplet
02 - i’ve checked /wp.config.php and there is no IP address listed anywhere in this file
Happy to pay for your time to help with this… thanks again.
If you installed WordPress using an IP, then WordPress will use that IP and store it during the install as the “domain” (since you’re not using a domain). When you restore the snapshot to a new Droplet, it’s not changing the fact that you installed WordPress using the previous IP.
To force change this, you’d need to open wp-config.php each time you restore and add:
define('WP_HOME','http://NEW_IP');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://NEW_IP');
Where NEW_IP is the IP of the new Droplet. You’d then refresh the page and it’ll use the IP you just set.
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