WordPress Multisite Sub Domain Issues on VPS
I had our WP multisite running on xampp and I had change my PC hosts file so that I could build, test, and run the domain and sub domain on my PC with their actual domain names. In other words, I would not have to search and replace any domain references when I uploaded the site to my InMotion VPS server.
I uploaded the site to my InMotion server and confirmed the WPMU settings in htaccess and wp-config. I created a wildcard subdomain (*.mysite.com) in cPanel subdomains. The root for this wildcard subdomain is currently /_wildcard_.mysite.com/
But when I access subdomain.mysite.com it gives me the "Index of /" page showing the cgi-bin folder. In the WP Network Admin if I try to go to the dashboard for the subdomain it gives me a 404 message.
So I moved the root of the wildcard subdomain to /public_html/_wildcard_.mysite.com/ and in the WP admin dashboard now I get the simple message "file not found" and not the standard 404 verbiage. If I go to one of the other options for this sub domain like "Manage Content" or "New Post" I get an internal server error:
[Mon Dec 11 18:59:20.172485 2017] [:error] [pid 25459:tid 140458986567424] [client xx.xxx.x.xxx:63102] File does not exist: /home/hilton25/public_html/_wildcard_.mysite.com/index.php, referer: http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/network/index.php
On the front end it still goes to an "Index of /" page.
In the database the paths of both the root domain and the sub domain are correct.
I know that on xampp I had to edit the httpd-vhosts.conf and set up the VirtualHost where my ServerName and ServerAlias were my subdomain subdomain.mysite.com and I set a directory path of mysite.com/subdomain (this was an empty folder).
Do I need to do something similar with the VPS server? Do I need to manually add a zone? I'm sure this issue is in how I have things set up on the server, but I can't figure out what the problem is. Thanks for any assistance!
I uploaded the site to my InMotion server and confirmed the WPMU settings in htaccess and wp-config. I created a wildcard subdomain (*.mysite.com) in cPanel subdomains. The root for this wildcard subdomain is currently /_wildcard_.mysite.com/
But when I access subdomain.mysite.com it gives me the "Index of /" page showing the cgi-bin folder. In the WP Network Admin if I try to go to the dashboard for the subdomain it gives me a 404 message.
So I moved the root of the wildcard subdomain to /public_html/_wildcard_.mysite.com/ and in the WP admin dashboard now I get the simple message "file not found" and not the standard 404 verbiage. If I go to one of the other options for this sub domain like "Manage Content" or "New Post" I get an internal server error:
[Mon Dec 11 18:59:20.172485 2017] [:error] [pid 25459:tid 140458986567424] [client xx.xxx.x.xxx:63102] File does not exist: /home/hilton25/public_html/_wildcard_.mysite.com/index.php, referer: http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/network/index.php
On the front end it still goes to an "Index of /" page.
In the database the paths of both the root domain and the sub domain are correct.
I know that on xampp I had to edit the httpd-vhosts.conf and set up the VirtualHost where my ServerName and ServerAlias were my subdomain subdomain.mysite.com and I set a directory path of mysite.com/subdomain (this was an empty folder).
Do I need to do something similar with the VPS server? Do I need to manually add a zone? I'm sure this issue is in how I have things set up on the server, but I can't figure out what the problem is. Thanks for any assistance!
