Hosting WordPress on VPS

[Rage]

So i have my local host setup for WordPress and i have my domain. I just cant find out how to finish setting it up so other people can see it. So i need help with making it live.

[soja]

Make an A record for your domain that points to your VDS IP address after you have the web server online.

[Rage]

Make an A record for your domain that points to your VDS IP address after you have the web server online.

I did that and it takes me to /dashboard for Xampp

[soja]

Make an A record for your domain that points to your VDS IP address after you have the web server online.

I did that and it takes me to /dashboard for Xampp

Did you set up virtual hosts for apache? It is generally not recommended to use Xampp for a live environment.

[Rage]

Make an A record for your domain that points to your VDS IP address after you have the web server online.

I did that and it takes me to /dashboard for Xampp

Did you set up virtual hosts for apache? It is generally not recommended to use Xampp for a live environment.

Ah no i did not do that. What would you recommend then?

[soja]

I did that and it takes me to /dashboard for Xampp

Did you set up virtual hosts for apache? It is generally not recommended to use Xampp for a live environment.

Ah no i did not do that. What would you recommend then?

Install a normal application stack, download the individual pieces of software and setup/configure them yourself. You could also simply use a webhosting package here if you want simplicity and performance.

[hiimcody1]

Install a normal application stack, download the individual pieces of software and setup/configure them yourself. You could also simply use a webhosting package here if you want simplicity and performance.

I would definitely recommend doing this, we see so many customers that end up with compromised machines by running XAMPP, AppServ and other such software. It's very insecure. I've seen some installs get compromised within minutes.

[$atanic $pirit]

Or you can use LAMP, and get it over with.

[doulos9]

Or, you could spend hours searching "how-to's" and then hardening xampp- and then hoping you got everything. Way easier, and safer, to install everything from scratch.