Setting up a staging sub-domain: what have I done wrong?

Hello @chr0s

Look into lwst.mysite.com.conf and make sure DocumentRoot is properly configured (/var/www/html/lwst.mysite.com/).

MAke sure you set the permissions right for lwst.mysite.com.conf file and /var/www/html/lwst.mysite.com/ folder.

Try to add the virtual host directly to the apache httpd.conf
Try without the SSL Certificate see if it works(you can get time out errors if you didn t properly installed your SSL Certificate).

Did you cloned your live worpdress instalation from diferent server than the staging one ?

Can you show us your lwst.mysite.conf file ?

Check out these guides to see if you missed something:

https://www.linode.com/docs/security/ssl/ssl-apache2-debian-ubuntu/

https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/migrate-to-linode/migrate-a-lamp-website-to-linode/

https://www.linode.com/docs/web-servers/lamp/install-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04/

Hi @cbits

I worked through your recommendations:

• DocumentRoot is properly configured
• I believe the permissions are set correctly: can you remind me what they should be set to so I can compare?
• I don't know how to do this: "Try to add the virtual host directly to the apache httpd.conf"
• The SSL certificate was configured in exactly the same way as my other site, and that functions correctly.
• The Wordpress installation was cloned from this same server

The lwst.mysite.conf file is as follows:

<Directory /var/www/html/lswt.mysite.com/public_html>
Require all granted
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
ServerName lwst.mysite.com
ServerAlias lwst.mysite.com
ServerAdmin info@mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/lwst.mysite.com/public_html
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog /var/www/html/lwst.mysite.com/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/lwst.mysite.com/logs/access.log combined
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =lwst.mysite.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

So I figured it out. I forgot to do these things:

• Update the site name in wp-config.php
• Duplicate the database into a testing database
• Update database login credentials in wp-config.php

Nice! Glad you were able to figure it out @chr0s.