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New host, need to run multiple domains

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Started by DaveK 6 years ago · 5 replies · 638 views
6 years ago

I am no expert but have run Joomla for some years until hacking became the norm. So I went back to HTML and some Bootstrap but needed more HD space so I switched hosts for a better deal. Now after having issues with a formmail.php script not working I decided to maybe go to Wordpress but then I found GRAV. My needs are somewhat simple as far as size goes, but I need a cart and a checkout for 3 of the 8 domains I own. One has a single item for sale and the other has maybe 4 items while the last has maybe 8 items to choose from. Am I going to be able to run 3 separate domains with 3 separate installs of GRAV? Any tips you can give me and best way to start? I definitely need a working email responder.
Thanks,
Dave

last edited 11/24/20 by DaveK
6 years ago

Hello and welcome @Voltage I would suggest to rent a small VPS for a year, for a better price, copy Centos 8 image to the VPS, so you will have your VPS with OS in minutes, all those companies have preinstalled images, then Install Webmin/Virtualmin, so you can have an easy way to manage your VPS and to have multiple hosting accounts with its domains, administered by you, harden the security: adjust Firewall, and Fail2Ban on Centos Server, close port 22, please check tutorials on that.

Then, on each hosting account with a website, install Grav, you can use PayPal Shopping cart, which is very easy to attach to the websites, or use the Snipcart plugin for Grav, please check the Grav plugins page.

I wish you success, regards.

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6 years ago

Hi JoeJac and thanks for the welcome. Problem here is that I already switched hosts and am running Ubuntu 20.04 on a IONIS cloud server. I just had my 8 domains transferred over to them from my previous hosting service. But I am sure Grav will work here too but I still need a little help as I am somewhat a noob at running a VPS. I use a Plesk control panel and the structure for my domains is like this;
root
var
www
vhosts
and all the domains in there... for example:
.domain 1
..composer
..revisium_antivirus_cache
..error_docs
..httpdocs (domain files in here)
..logs

Note: .. means folder.

So can I install Grav into each domain in vhosts?

Thanks,
Dave

last edited 11/25/20 by DaveK
6 years ago

Alright, maybe this is an easier question to answer. Is the only way to run multiple domains or websites on one server is by using a single install of Grav? Or can it be installed multiple times on the same server for 3 or 4 different websites?
Thanks

6 years ago

Hi @Voltage, I myself run multiple Grav installs over multiple domains (on the same server) and have no issues. I have heard of others using symlinks to reduce the # of Grav installations bit have not tired that myself.

For example,
https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-matter-course-hub/
https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-skeleton-open-matter-multi-course-hub-site/

Hope the above is at least a bit of help.
Paul

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6 years ago

Thank you. That will help me plan and go forward. I am dealing with some email issues on my new host but after I get them sorted I will be trying out Grav.
Thanks,
Voltage

P.S. And thanks for the proof of it with the links. Excellent help!

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