New wordpress Install only works from machine, not accessible as a normal site

  • Using Windows server 2014 just installed wordpress new (again). But how is Windows Server configured so it will serve pages to the public?

    If there is a main running website with FQDN lets say 123.456.456.789 and the name is TUMS01.com

    the wordpress site is called TUMS01WP on port 8600

    On the machine itself open a browser and goto TUMS01.com:8600/tums01wp/wp-admin it opens the admin page just fine. go to an external machine and enter that? times out

    how is wordpress setup so that anyone could access it? the other site is accessible

    thanks

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

  • @rogersb

    The 8600 port is not open on the external machine. Isn’t this a question for Windows Server support?
    Why are you setting up this way in the first place?

    > how is wordpress setup so that anyone could access it? the other site is accessible

    *What* other site is accessible ?

    Thread Starter rogersb

    (@rogersb)

    I asked for windows server support, but they said this is a “wordpress” question. Ask here and its a “windows server” question. I may as well lay down in a ditch and die

    the win server has an existing site for something else. I thought server could host more than just one application? at $1200 a pop for the OS that must be why Microsoft is so rich.

    So it seems I have to advise each of 100s of users to modify their computer and firewall to open port 8600, even though it seems like it would be 8600 on the server. it says firewall is OFF and its got red everywhere

    setting up this way because I have one server, more than one application. if its one server->one app? Then Im ruined.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by rogersb.

    @rogersb

    There are tonnes of articles on how to configure IIS to manage multiple websites. Just google it, of if you prefer video :

    Shared hosting is cheap.
    Do you have a requirement to manage your own server?

    Thread Starter rogersb

    (@rogersb)

    The company i work with has a dedicated server machine. The expert who used to set them up is sadly not available.

    I specialize in other things. how servers work is interesting but im busy. I about go insane trying to configure wordpress, as ive done web pages in asp 20+ years.

    thanks for the link, perhaps will just watch videos that will burn time but nobody to ask, nobody to help set it up.

    @rogersb

    I’ve not done this on IIS for about 20 years. But it seems pretty straight-forward.
    https://forums.iis.net/t/1197454.aspx

    Once you have your directory set up on IIS,
    – ftp your site over
    – export your local database, and re-create it on the server
    – update the sql connection string in your wp-config.php file at the root of your site path (user, password, database name)
    – make sure the user is granted all privileges on the tables
    – update the site_url and site_home values in the wordpress _options table

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)
  • The topic ‘New wordpress Install only works from machine, not accessible as a normal site’ is closed to new replies.