Localhost Multisite setup issues

  • Hi all,

    Attempting to setup an official dev environment to mimic production. I’ve searched quite a bit but have the feeling I’m one of the few that use IIS. Anyway: latest install of wp 4.3.1 and IIS 8.5. I have updated my hosts file to have:

    127.0.0.1 site.domain.loc

    When I navigate to that I get the standard IIS welcome page so then I add /wordpress to the end and it populates the blog. However, when I go to login as an admin it redirects back to localhost/wordpress/wp-admin.

    What am I missing to have it stick with my domain from the hosts file?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • I googled on “iis virtial host”
    and got these references that look useful:
    https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAAahUKEwir4eHx_MbIAhWKj5QKHWr9As4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.simpledns.com%2Fkb%2Fa82%2Fvirtual-hosting-with-iis-internet-information-services.aspx&usg=AFQjCNHsw8LhlGUzAd79eS8Zq6VcYjtHdA&sig2=G2k7wU15AFenK0k7Ma9bjQ&bvm=bv.105039540,d.dGo

    https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjABahUKEwir4eHx_MbIAhWKj5QKHWr9As4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F302968%2Fiis-equivalent-of-virtualhost-in-apache&usg=AFQjCNEU8pZhdutuQ6ZNQ28k-BiJshUBVg&sig2=svpd7kG3dpIo6z2dH7LsCw&bvm=bv.105039540,d.dGo

    Yes you may be one of the few people using IIS ??
    Of course you could ask microsft support.
    Most people use a bundle such as LAMP / WAMP / MAMP / XAMP etc. One comprehensive package is available at:
    https://www.ampps.com/

    My usual response to this question for apache web server is:
    https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/

    Thread Starter Robert Frost

    (@frostr425)

    Great thank you. I’ll dig into those links and report back. I figure as close as I can get to the production environment the better so we’ll see how this goes!

    Thread Starter Robert Frost

    (@frostr425)

    Ok so this whole processed acted like it should be a lot harder than it truly was. So what I did:

    -Update hosts file with new “domains.”
    -Make sure you don’t have another “site” under Default Web Site as wordpress in IIS. I had to trick it here. Move the files in explorer back into the wwwroot directory, delete the “website” wordpress from IIS. Restart IIS, move the files back into the wordpress folder in explorer, make sure the Physical Path under Basic Settings for Default Web Site in IIS is still %SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\wordpress
    -In IIS edit the Bindings for the Default Website. Edit the original to be your main domain and then add your additional hosts.
    -Restart IIS
    -Clear browser cache and cookies
    -Happy dance.

    I hope that makes sense to everyone else out there.

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