Was using the instructions from this page. Now the problem is here. I used the 1 click install for the first instance of WordPress. Now I went into mysql and created a new database. I’m using the same user “root”
1 - I’ve downloaded and put the WordPress files in /var/www/secondarysite 2 - I’ve copied the default vhost file and made a file called secondary.conf 3 - I’ve edited the secondary.conf with this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin email@email.com
ServerName mysecondarywebsite.com
ServerAlias www.mysecondarywebsite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/secondarysite
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/secondarysite>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
4 - I’ve enabled the virtual host file sudo a2ensite secondary.conf
5 - I’ve restarted apache2 service sudo service apache2 reload
6 - I’ve went into the /var/www/secondarysite/wp-config.php and changed it to use the correct database, dbuser, dbpassword.
But the page is not coming up it’s redirecting to my primary domain primarydomain.com
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Hi there,
You could follow the steps from this video on how to host multiple WordPress websites on the same server with Apache Virtual Hosts:
Essentially, what needs to happen is:
wget
command:wget wordpress.org/latest.zip
unzip latest.zip
/var/www/
folder:mv wordpress /var/www/your_site.com
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/your_site.com
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_site.conf
sudo a2ensite
sudo apachectl -t
Syntax OK
reload Apache:sudo systemctl reload apache2
mysql
Then run the following queries:
CREATE DATABASE wp_site;
CREATE USER 'wp_site'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'use_secure_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp_site.* TO 'wp_site'@'%' WITH GREANT OPTION;
Hope that this helps. Regards, Bobby
It is possible to turn your site into a multi site install and then use the Domain Mapping Plugin. This is the easy method, you just need to follow the instructions. Your users can use the same account on both sites. Depending on your setup, multi-sites can result in a major pain in the ass. However, for most people it’s just fine.
Any help guys would really be appreciated!