Hi! I have been trying to duplicate my Wordpress of a shared hosting to Digitalocean with no luck. Also I tried to replicate some tutorial but always I have a blank page. I have seen that a lot of people happened the same. It’s a shame because I want to be with Digitalocean but, if i can’t get to work I’ll be forced to look for something else. So, please, anybody could help us to get this work? Thank you very much.
Pd: I’m not noob but also not a master.
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Hi!
Like Kamal commented, looking at the error logs is the first step towards getting to the bottom of your problem.
If the Duplicator plugin isn’t working out, you might want to check out this tutorial on migrating a Wordpress installation from shared hosting.
In my case I migrated using the same plugin and see how this http://104.131.5.96 (content in blank) correct is http://www.estranhos.info If anybody can help, I appreciate it. Thanks.
Hello, here is how I got Duplicator to work on DigitalOcean.
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Go to Duplicator Settings, and check: Disable .htaccess File In Storage Directory
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In /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, look for this part:
<DirectoryMatch ^.*/wp-snapshots/>
AllowOverride None
php_flag engine off
php_admin_value engine Off
</DirectoryMatch>
…and comment out these two lines:
# php_flag engine off
# php_admin_value engine Off
- Restart Apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
It makes sense that PHP was turned off specifically for the wp-snapshots directory, since there are installer files in there that you wouldn’t want just anyone to execute. However, Duplicator needs it for generating a download link for the installer. So, I’m still a bit concerned if there’s a way to make this more secure - maybe with user permissions.
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