WordPress MU

1. 4bmg
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   Hi all ... I am running WPMU 2.8.4a on a dedicated server with multiple dedicated ip address pools (running cPanel). The main MU installation uses a deedicated ip address, but I don't want it shared with any other blogs on the MU system, I want them to each have their own ip.

   What I would like to do is have MU automatically assign a new dedicated ip address for each new blog that is setup. I have the system set to use subdomains so ie: subdomain.domain.tld ... domain.tld is on the main server dedicated ip ... when I get blog1.domain.tld initialized, I would like it have a separate, new dedicated ip assigned to it so it does not use the same ip address as the other blogs/subdomains. An so on with blog2.domain.tld, blog3.domain.tld, etc ...

   If I can get it to do this using one dedicated ip per subdmoain, or even up to maybe 5 subbdomains per dedicated ip, that would be awesome but I looked all over and couldn't find an answer to this question ...

   Any ideas and is this even possible?

   Running CentOS and cPanel on a dedicated server.

   TIA!

2. SteveAtty
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   Why?

   If its all being driven from one single web server it makes no difference. If you want to load balance there are much easier ways to do it.

   You've also got to consider that each new IP will need DNS records rolling out, How many IP addresses have you got?

3. 4bmg
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   Thanks for the reply ... no not for load balancing ... more for SEO ... at any rate I was just wondering if it could be done at all ...

   That's the issue I'm dealing with is that to get the system to do it, I'm thinking it would have to interact somehow with either cpanel or the server at the root level to modify the zones.

   Right now I am only using 5 ips but I plan on having around 100 and then I'll provision another server so there's 100 per server. I don't want to manually go in and setup the zones each time a new blog is initiated and I really don't want to setup multiple installations of the regular WP if I can get MU to do it for me :)

   Any ideas on how this could be done or if it's even possible?

   Thanks!

4. SteveAtty
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   I still don't see why you feel you need 100 IP addresses, unless your going to be running tons of blogs with identical content and you're trying to fool Google etc. into thinking that they're not all you.

5. 4bmg
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   LOL ... no that's not what I'm doing ... thanks for the advice :)

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