Hi all,
I’m trying to setup a wordpress website on linode.
I used the linode oneclick app install function. I can’t get it to work. I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve tried to change the name servers on godaddy to linode. I’ve also tried adding an A record DNS to my godaddy page linking the linode IP. Can anyone advise? thankyou for reading.
There should be video tutorials for these kinds of things?
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Only the DNS A record in GoDaddy needs to point to your Linode IP address in order for web traffic to reach your Wordpress instance.
If I’m understanding this right, I don’t think you needed to do this step and it could potentially cause issues, or at least delays.
- Open a web browser and go to https://linode-ip/wp-admin
- If you are greeted with a login, then your WP instance is at least up and running
- Contact GoDaddy support and work with them on making sure your nameserver records are correct, and then updating DNS records.
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I thought most registrar’s, that register the domain, usually have like a web panel, to designate which IP to send whatever record’s traffic to?
Might take a while to propegate (?) Through to root DNS servers…
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That’s essentially correct. You can have scenarios where you purchase a domain via a registrar, but point your nameservers to a different DNS service to manage the records there.
e.g. I purchased some domains via Namecheap and then updated the nameserver records in the Namecheap portal to point to my Cloudflare account so I could manage DNS through Cloudflare. The domain is still registered with Namecheap but I only ever touch Cloudflare’s portal.
I don’t think Linode offers a similar service so OP should be able to log into the GoDaddy portal and create his records.
One thing to keep in mind @crispysnore is that you’ll want to take into account that people will access your site via two different addresses; https://mysite.com and https://www.mysite.com. You’ll want to make sure that you have another A record in GoDaddy with www for the name and the same IP address.
Hello OP - To best help we need to know more. What specifically have you done? Have you tried to follow a tutorial? Linode has an official; KB here……What error messages are you getting or what expected behaviour is not working?
I hope my following tips can point you in the correct direction.
I am merely a consumer but I hear GoDaddy is a predatory company. I used to register my Domains with Google, but have moved them to PorkBun since Google sold out to Squarespace. Your Registrar and your Authoritative DNS can be separated. PorkBun is who I pay yearly for my domains each year but in the PorkBun portal I have Linode Namesevers setup. All 6 options listed here in this KB…Including GoDaddy help…
- I let DNS changes bake for 48 hours.
- Then spin up your Linode one-click instance.
- Setup an A & AAAA record for your root domain like example.com
- Setup an A & AAAA record for your www (sub-domain)
- Create a CNAME record porting @ towards www (sub-domain)
Login to your WordPress instance and complete the CLI and GUI setups by just following the instructions on screen. Grab screenshots and text output if you encounter errors for folks to help you.
Finally to complete the setup you need to tell the WordPress application that it is at the FQDN you setup DNS records for.
Login as your admin account, go to setting, and general. Match these.
Now because I want less bots in botnets… Please create a Linode Firewall and set it up a little like this…
I use the shit out of Linode, hope this helps 