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How to bind IP address to domain?

Posted August 2, 2017 6.6k views
LAMP StackUbuntu 16.04

Hi, I can add domain to my dropplet using virtual host, but how can I point my IP address to the domain, let’s say my domain is example.com, my IP address 111.111.111.111, now what I want is if I put 111.111.111.111 on browser, it will open example.com.

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MrWorldWideWeb August 2, 2017

My bad, what I mean is when I open 111.111.111.111 it will stay opening that IP address, but the content is similar to example.com

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MrWorldWideWeb August 2, 2017

It seems I work it out, by creating virtual host with that IP address as a name, and example.com as the alias, pointing the same directory as example.com.

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Marvix August 2, 2017

I have the opposite issue, the droplet IP shows one of the site not the default one ;)

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  • MrWorldWideWeb August 2, 2017

    Default means an empty one? Try to edit your ipaddress.conf to point new directory and put something there. If you don’t have this you can create it.

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  • hansen August 2, 2017

    Hi @Marvix

    If you’ve created a WordPress site, but you started by setting it up using the IP, then you need to modify your URLs in http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php so they are set to you domain instead of the IP.
    If you have a different problem, then please create a new question thread, so we don’t cobble two different questions together.

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hansen August 2, 2017

Hi @MrWorldWideWeb

Create another VirtualHost for your IP and redirect to your domain:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName 111.111.111.111
  Redirect permanent / http://example.com/
</VirtualHost>
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  • MrWorldWideWeb August 2, 2017

    I see, so I don’t need to put example.com as ServerAlias, just ServerName and Redirect. Thanks.

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    • hansen August 2, 2017

      @MrWorldWideWeb

      If you put ServerAlias example.com then you would just create a loop, since you’re listening to port 80 and redirecting to http://example.com/

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      • MrWorldWideWeb August 2, 2017

        How about using document root instead of redirecting it? So on browser it will still showing the IP address but the content from example.com, will it work?

        <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName 111.111.111.111
        DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html
        </VirtualHost>

        I tried this and it works, but I don’t know if this is causing problem at backend process or not.

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