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website on vds, General inquiry

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I currently an attempting to set up a website via my vds to go along with my game server hosted there, which is just a phpbb3 forum. Currently If I type in the ip to the vds it defaults(redirects) to the xampp directory instead of the phpbb directory or "forum" how do I redirect properly from 162.248.89.116 to 162.248.89.116/forum/ ?

Aside from that..namservers do vds have them already(did not see in cp) or is that something I have to set up on the vds or is it not necessary. Unsure of godaddy will take an ip. Sorry as I'm not good with websites. I was able to hunt through guides with free hosting before and get things functional I am just now using vds as my current game server is not something nfo hosts yet.
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You should really not be using XAMPP in a production environment. It is insecure by default and you can expect to be compromised unless you lock it down. Since XAMPP targets inexperienced developers/admins, it makes sense that we rarely see it locked down properly.

When it comes to the site, I'd recommend just installing your forum to the root instead of messing around with a redirect to /forum. If you really want it to redirect, you could use an .htaccess file for this.

For the DNS entry, GoDaddy allows you to use its name servers as part of the package, I believe. If so, you can use that to create an "A" record to point your root (@) and www subdomains to your IP address.
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Re: website on vds, General inquiry

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So do you have any insight on how to do this differently to get phpbb other than saying what i'm doing will compromise security? Either that or how to ensure security?
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You can try Lamp, if your applications are compatible with Linux. Lamp is much more secure, as compared to Xamp.
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I use plesk for $5 a month...does everything need to get website up and running
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