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SubDomain - New User 403 Error - GoDaddy Install (49 posts)

  1. jlynch401
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Well....There doesn't seem to be away to add the wildcard setting to Apache on GoDaddy....has anyone out there been able to?

  2. bbrian017
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    jlynch401.. from what I read and if your using simple control panel

    add the * A ipaddress

    What I don't get is when I do that I get another one of my websites showing up on all subdomains...

    http://yaksocial.com/

    and

    http://gittegorzelak.yaksocial.com/

    Anyone know why my other website is showing up on my sub domain names?

    http://www.gaswhere.com

    Please and thanks!

  3. SteveAtty
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    If you've got a totally wild card for apache rather than a partial domain wild card (i.e. * rather than *.domain.com) then apache will serve the first domain for any request.

  4. bbrian017
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Hi Steve!

    When I add

    *domain.com I get the following error

    Host must be a valid domain name for A records.

    I should be adding

    *.yaksocial.com right?

  5. SteveAtty
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I believe that is what you need, but someone who knows that control panel system might be the best person to advise you on the definite way of doing it

  6. bbrian017
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    yeah I seem to be having issues with that part!

    I'm assuming after I set this up I wll also have to set up the .htaccess file.

    I was also speaking with a godady support guy that told me I would have to edit the turbopanel.conf

    Any suggestions would be great!

    Hey is the subdomain better for SEO than the folder way?

  7. jlynch401
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    GoDaddy Genius:

    Thank you for contacting Online Support. Please note that you can setup a Wildcard subdomain. Upon review of your domain, it appears that you have setup a Wildcard record at this time. However, please note that this type of setup requires a Dedicated IP address.
    To add a dedicated IP to your shared hosting account:
    1. Log in to your Account Manager.
    2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.
    3. Click the applicable hosting account.
    4. In the Hosting Account Details section on the right, click Apply Dedicated IP Address.

    NOTE: It may take 4-8 hours for .COM and .NET domains and 24-48 hours for all other domain extensions for the necessary DNS changes to your account to take effect. Your Web site will still be reachable while the DNS is being updated.

    Please let us know if we can help in any other way.

    Regards,
    Stacey P.
    Online Support

    Original request..............>

    Hi....
    In working with Wordpress mu, I am told that I need to not only have my DNS set up with subdomains * but also that Apache has to be set up with Wild Card as well to be bale to use sub domains. (sub.domain.com) Is this possible with your service?

    Thank you.

    UG

  8. jlynch401
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    HAS ANYONE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT SETTING UP WILDCARD SETTINGS
    IN APACHE WITH A GODADDY DELUXE VIRTUAL HOSTING PACKAGE?

    I digress...or if not.... Is there a reasonably priced hosting company that is "currently being used that allows such accesses & IS being used by someone that IS using sub.domains.com with MU?????

    Thank you in advance :0)

  9. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Well, Godaddy says you need a dedicated IP and to edit the the turbopanel.conf.

    Has anyone actually tried that yet?

  10. bbrian017
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I can't seem to figure out how to access that file!

    I seen the file in my simple control panel and right now I'm trying to learn putty so I can download, edit and re upload that file.

    Apparently we need to make an adjustment to that domain name section

    <VirtualHost 64.246.62.114>
    DocumentRoot /home/photomat/public_html
    BytesLog domlogs/photomatt.net-bytes_log
    ServerAlias *.photomatt.net
    ServerName http://www.photomatt.net
    CustomLog domlogs/photomatt.net combined
    RedirectMatch 301 (.*) http://photomatt.net$1
    </VirtualHost>

    But changing all the information to match your server and domain name.

    Anyone know how to use putty to do this?

    oh yes also the wilcard settings should be done after this turbopanel.conf. change

  11. VentureMaker
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Use for example FileZilla, connect via SFTP, download the file, make changes, upload it back.

    Actually, all this is not a part of WPMU, and I think should be asked somewhere else :)

  12. jlynch401
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Venture I didn't mean for it to take this turn.

    I was simply asking for some help from someone who has used Godaddy...successfully to host MU Plain and simple...

    I truly appreciate You and Andrea, Steve and everyone else who gives of their time freely.

  13. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    FWIW, godaddy isn't the greatest webhost. great for domains, but that's about it. the site I was working on was for a client. They have a previously existing site on godaddy and this is an add-on. It's also a subfolder install.

  14. jlynch401
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I got it working .... subdomains and all....Thanks

  15. Holicc
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    jlynch401, how 'bout a walkthrough? I've been searching the forums and going through tutorials frantically for the last 3 weeks trying to get this to work on Godaddy with no luck.

    I tested it, and it worked, on a test server I set up at GoDaddy with only this one site on it, but when I try to set it up on a domain hosted within my main server it just won't work right.

  16. shopbrian
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    For Godaddy dedicated server:

    Forwarding subdomains to the right domain when using multiple domains on the same IP

    You don't have to edit turbopanel.conf if your domain is the only one on its IP address!!! It will automatically point to the correct domain! Go to step 2 in this case.

    Step #1 - Changing the ServerAlias

    Login to your server using putty.

    su root
    cd /etc/httpd/conf.d
    joe turbopanel.conf (if you don't have joe, yum install joe)

    Change
    ServerAlias http://www.domain.com
    to
    ServerAlias *.domain.com

    Ctrl-K, Ctrl-X to save and exit

    Step #2 - Setting up the DNS

    Login to your simple control panel and go to dns. Click on the domain you want the subdomains for.

    Put * for the host, A for the type, and the IP address for the data.

    Click Save.

    On the left, go to Server Administration > Services

    Find "HTTP Web Server (Apache 2)"

    Click the restart button all the way on the right. This will reload the turbopanel.conf file.

    Should work after this.

    ---

    You would then use htaccess to point those subdomains to a folder on the main site

    e.g. subdomain.domain.com -> http://www.domain.com/subdomain

    NOTE that if you make changes using simple control panel (like adding a domain) it may overwrite the ServerAlias you changed so be aware of that...

  17. sciamannikoo
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    jlynch401, would you please so kind telling us how you did it?

    I'm still trying and getting the 403 error.

    Thanks,
    Andrea

  18. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    The post right above yours has the instructions.

  19. cvaughan02
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    for anyone interested, I had a similar wordpress/godaddy issue and I just figured it out after about 2 hours of googling to no avail.

    So, naturally, my first blog is dedicated to that :)

    you can read it here: http://techstuff.teddi-b-poetic.com

    later peeps,
    Teddi B

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