Domain Mapping MediaTemple DV

  • Resolved dksrq

    (@dksrq)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    I have WP Network setup completely functional using subdomains.

    I am however struggling with how to properly domain map.

    On MT the only DNS record I have created is for the primary domain of the network setup.

    I have wildcards etc working, and sites working as subdomain.domain.com

    Now, I want to map real domains to those sites.

    I have the domain mapping plugin installed. I have read every tutorial and articles I could find, experimented and had no success. I would rather not have to create symlinks using SSH for each site if it could be avoided, as I have some non technical partners.

    The first domain I want to map is parked at Godaddy.

    If anybody has experience and could lead me through the steps at each end, MT and GoDaddy, I would be very appreciative.

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  • I would rather not have to create symlinks using SSH for each site if it could be avoided, as I have some non technical partners.

    If you are on MT, there is absolutely no way to avoid this. really.

    Thread Starter dksrq

    (@dksrq)

    I would be really interested in hosting recommendations…

    I can’t really give specific recommendations. ??

    However, I *can* say that to set this up as easy an automated as possible, you’d need at least a VPS that you have shell access to. and you’d put in a named wildcard host to avoid the parking of each domain.

    Thread Starter dksrq

    (@dksrq)

    VPS with shell access – check – DV on MT to be specific.

    I have wordpress setup in network mode – let’s call it networkdomain.com and that domain has a generic wildcard entry. (on a shared IP if that matters).

    So what would the procedure be exactly? Where and how do I set up a named wildcard host? and then to map domains do I point an A record to the IP of this server?

    Thanks for the help and patience – and perhaps if it was not a recommendation but a host that made this dead simple in your experience?

    slide 21 here:
    https://www.slideshare.net/AndreaRennick/domain-mapping

    I’ve done this the most on cpanel hosts or dedicated boxes with whatever control panel (or none).

    and then to map domains do I point an A record to the IP of this server?

    yep.

    Thread Starter dksrq

    (@dksrq)

    I actually found a method on mt that works easily – rather than dealing with the command line symlinks you can create domain aliases in Plesk.

    Could you please elaborate? I have the exact same problem on mediatemple dv.

    To clarify:
    -I have a primary multisite hosted on my mediatemple dv ‘siteA.com’
    -I have a secondary site ‘siteB.com’ that I want to map to siteA.com

    Here’s what I’ve accomplished so far:
    -siteA.com is working, subdomains are working, I can create new blogs
    -I’ve made a subdomain siteB.siteA.com, I have accessed the siteB subdomain backend, and mapped it to siteB.com as its primary domain

    When I try to access siteB.com now I just get its httpdocs directory, not the siteB.siteA.com blog

    My bad.. this actually wasn’t that hard. I initially tried to create an alias under siteB to siteB.siteA.com and I was confused.

    The solution is to remove the domain from your hosting (in my case, I deleted siteB.com). After you do this, you are able to create an alias under siteA.com for siteB.com.

    Note: if you’re like me and you were already hosting siteB.com on your mediatemple dv, then you’ll need to first remove siteB.com from your hosting – otherwise you won’t be allowed to create the alias under siteA.com.

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