wordpress website initial setup fails to open the website in browser.

Posted on January 21, 2021

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How To Set Up an Ubuntu Server on a DigitalOcean Droplet

Installation complete. Access your new wordpress in a browser to continue. After this step I try to open website in browser, fails to open the site? with an error msg this site cant be reached.

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fiazshah

January 22, 2021

@KFSys, Yes I did SSH and console but no success. Is there a way I can run the wp installation process from here?

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   After connecting to the Droplet for the first time,
   immediately add the WordPress administrator at http://144.126.220.164.

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alexdo

January 21, 2021

Hello, @fiazshah

Could you please let me know if you’ve also followed our tutorial on how to install WordPress on a Ubuntu 20.04 droplet

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-a-lamp-stack

You can use Nginx as well if you prefer it over Apache. The article for Nginx is this one:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-on-ubuntu-20-04

Are you using a domain name to access the WordPress site or you’re using the droplet’s IP address?

Regards, Alex

KFSys

January 21, 2021

Hi @fiazshah,

Did you use the WordPress droplet from MarketPlace? IF so, make sure you’ve pointed your domain to your Droplet otherwise it won’t work.

If you haven’t used the MarketPlace Droplet, can you confirm what WebService you are using, is it either Nginx or Apache? We’ll need to see the configuration file for your domain in order to see what’s going on exactly.

Looking forward to your reply.

Regards, KFSys