Support for Drupal 7 is ending on 5 January 2025—it’s time to migrate to Drupal 10! Learn about the many benefits of Drupal 10 and find migration tools in our resource center.
By marlenesayers on
I have a drupal 7 installation at mysite.com. I want clients to preview their sites at (ex: mysites.com/client1). I am using a Virtual Private Server.
I think I am confused about virtual hosts and mutisites and a VPS.
Here is what I though I could do:
Install drupal 7 at mysites.com.
Set up a default site using "settings.php" in the default folder. This is fine. If I navigate to mysite.com, I get the standard drupal installation.
I created a new folder called "client1" in mysite.com/sites
I created a new database called "client1database".
I added a settings.php file in mysite.com/sites/client1
When I go to mysite.com/client1, I get a page not found error.
I have tried using symbolic links, changing .htacces files.
I HAVE NOT tried setting up a virtual host for mysites.com. If this is what I need to do, can someone explain how to do this.
Comments
You don't need a vhost
You don't need a vhost. You do need a DNS entry.
client1.example.com CNAME www.example.com
Now both domains resolve to the same server. Drupal looks at the hostname and picks the right config file.
It is possible to use symbolic links as you are attempting, but the process is error-prone -- as you are discovering. Much simpler with a DNS entry.