Convert HA AWS Wordpress Install to Multisite

nate1 2020-02-20 16:46:02 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - AWS - Technical issue - Other
bnsupport ID: 81b8304c-3c28-aa79-f0c7-ada850233fe1
Description:
Hi there,

I’ve successfully used the Bitnami High Availability QuickStart to install an instance of Wordpress on an AWS stack. Everything is working as intended.

Now I’d like to convert it to a WP multisite install, where each site has it’s own a dedicated domain. I have several small websites for a handful of projects under my company, and I’d like to use WP multisite to admin them under a single login.

Questions:
Does it need to be configured for subdirectories or can subdomains work?

If I were to start again, is there a way to configure the HA QuickStart to install the same stack with multisite enabled?

Some directories don’t appear to me via SFTP (tunneled un through bastion). For instance /opt/bitnami/apps is not a directory. Am I looking in the wrong places?

Any help or advice about how I can set this up correctly would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

jota 2020-02-21 09:58:56 UTC #2

Hi @nate1,

This other community post explains how to convert a Bitnami WordPress Multi-Tier solution to Multisite

You can configure WordPress Multisite both ways. If you have different domains, you can point all those domains to the different sites. This page has more information

https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/wordpress-multisite/configuration/configure-wordpress-multisite/

In the WordPress HA solution, the WordPress folder is at /opt/bitnami/wordpress

Happy to help!

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nate1 2020-02-21 14:37:41 UTC #3

Hi @jota

Thanks for getting back to me. I've just tried this method again, but it results in a redirect loop that breaks the site. The problem occurs when adding the first block of code to the wp-config file, so I assume it has something to do with how the domain is noted.

Currently the code is

define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'mydomain.com');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

("mydomain.com" represents the actual domain name.)
Indicating the current site and/or path this way breaks the site.

Thanks!

jota 2020-02-24 09:43:04 UTC #4

Hi @nate1,

We have a Support Tool that will gather relevant information for us to analyze your configuration and logs. Could you please execute it on the machine where the stack is running by following the steps described in the guide below?

How to Run the Bitnami Support Tool

Please note that you need to paste the code ID that is shown at the end.

nate1 2020-02-24 13:15:13 UTC #5

Hi @jota,

I ran the support tool previously and entered it when I opened this ticket. Do you need me to run it again??

Thanks,
Nate

nate1 2020-02-24 17:22:37 UTC #6

@jota, I've reinstalled the stack from scratch and followed all of these instructions again. The site still redirects incorrectly. From the homepage the root link generated by the wp-config file is:
http:/

That's it.

Thanks

jota 2020-02-25 09:54:10 UTC #7

Hi @nate1,

If you have a new deployment, please run the Support tool so we review the configuration files again.

Thanks

nate1 2020-02-25 15:02:54 UTC #8

Hi @jota

I've run the support tool again on the fresh install. Here's the support number:

Summary

aa053fc5-c3ea-c1b3-9bc3-1cecfdf8fbe0

Thanks!

nate1 2020-02-27 13:49:03 UTC #9

Hi @jota

Checking in. The support tool code is above. Is there a way to successfully convert the AWS HA Wordpress QuickStart install to multisite?

Thanks,
Nate

crhernandez 2020-02-28 15:16:44 UTC #10

Hi nate1,

Are you able to follow those steps to enable Multisite in your Wordpress?

Backup the configuration files:

sudo cp -p /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-config.php{,.back}
sudo cp -p /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/htaccess/wordpress-htaccess.conf{,.back}

Include this block in the wp-config.php file

/** This will enable Wordpress' multisite feature */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

Follow the steps to create a network using the WordPress dashboard
Copy the first block in the wp-config.php file
Copy the second one in the /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/htaccess/wordpress-htaccess.conf file. Please note that you'll need to copy those lines inside a block.

<Directory "/opt/bitnami/wordpress/">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
...
</Directory>
<Directory "/opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet">
...

Restart the Apache service

sudo service bitnami restart

Access WordPress again and you'll see the "My Sites" link.

There are more details about this process here.

Best Regards,

nate1 2020-02-28 15:36:41 UTC #11

Hi @crhernandez

I’ve followed all of these steps multiple times on fresh installs. I’ve also tried both subdirectories and subdomains. The redirect doesn’t work.

Can you see the set up in the support tool info?

nate1 2020-02-28 15:43:05 UTC #12

I keep being sent to the same instructions but these instructions do not work on the current High Availability Wordpress install with RDS and load balancer.

nate1 2020-03-02 14:20:03 UTC #13

@crhernandez

Is there anything you can do to help me get this working? The instructions provided don't work and I'm going to have to find a different solution. Has anyone taken a look at the support tool settings?

Thanks,
Nate

crhernandez 2020-03-04 07:34:02 UTC #14

Hi @nate1,

Yes, we are looking at the support tool information, but at this time I didn't see anything relevant, but I continue taking a look. Sorry for the late responses after the weekend.

I will update the thread with more information.

Best Regards,
Carlos R. Hernández

crhernandez 2020-03-04 10:09:40 UTC #15

Hi,

There are some files that doesn't exist in the compressed file returned by the bnsupport tool, I don't know if it is because the tool was not able to obtain them or because those files doesn't exists. I want to check those sections:

Edit /installdir/apps/wordpress/conf/htaccess.conf (create it if it doesn't exist) add at the beginning of the file the second big block of code surrounded with

<Directory "installdir/apps/wordpress/htdocs"> COPY HERE THE SECOND BLOCK OF CODE </Directory>

Again, the result should be similar to this:

<Directory "installdir/apps/wordpress/htdocs">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</Directory>

Finally, edit /installdir/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf. This file is the main application configuration file. Add here (if it wasn't) the htaccess.conf file, just writing the following line at the end of the file.

Include "/installdir/apps/wordpress/conf/htaccess.conf"

Please, can you paste here the content of the following files?
- /installdir/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf
- /installdir/apps/wordpress/conf/htaccess.conf

Best regards,
Carlos R. Hernández

nate1 2020-03-04 15:12:04 UTC #16

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for getting back to me. The directory structure installed by the HA QuickStart is quite different. I don't have conf folders in either of the following directories:

/opt/bitnami/wordpress/ <--- no conf folder
/bitnami/wordpress/ <--- no conf folder

I have htaccess.conf files in the following locations:

/opt/bitnami/wordpress/wordpress-htaccess.conf
/opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/htaccess/wordpress-htaccess.conf

Here is the addition I made to /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/htaccess/wordpress-htaccess.conf

<Directory "/opt/bitnami/wordpress/">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</Directory>

I have httpd.conf files in the following locations:

/opt/bitnami/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/opt/bitnami/apache/conf/original/httpd.conf

Thanks,
Nate

nate1 2020-03-05 14:45:55 UTC #17

Hi @crhernandez

Following up again to clarify...

I don't have a conf directory in /opt/bitnami/wordpress
Do you want me to also create that directory? It seems this QuickStart install script includes the htaccess and httpd conf files elsewhere.

Thanks,
Nate

nate1 2020-03-06 14:47:20 UTC #18

@crhernandez

Is there a paid option for Bitnami support to get someone to figure this out? I've been trying to solve this issue for two weeks and desperately need to connect to someone who knows how the htaccess structure of this QuickStart can be converted to a multisite install.

Thanks!

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