WordPress on one machine, database on another?

  • I have two machines running on the same network. To alleviate load, I want to have WordPress installed on one machine, pointing to the MySQL database running on another machine. How would I go about doing this? Is there a tutorial for this I could follow?

    Thanks,
    Robert

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  • Change the wp-config.php

    define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

    To point to the other server instead of localhost.

    Thread Starter haegenschlatt

    (@haegenschlatt)

    Thanks, but what specifically would I do on the other server to set this up? If this is out of the scope of the WordPress forums, where would you recommend I look?

    You need one server that has MySQL installed – grab the ip address of this machine and put it into the wp-config.php like mrmist said, install your file directory in the other.

    The hardest part here is setting up the servers..not the wordpress installation.

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