I've been reading all I can find about doing a multisite install using Plesk 10 (Linux). My problem is a common one: I have separate SSL certs, and I need separate site stats. The sites that have the SSL's have their own IP's.
I understand that I first install D7 into one of the sites directories, lets call it mainsite.com, then after the main installation, I set up the folders for the second site called site2.com. I use Plesk to set up site2.com, like it was a normal install going into it's own folder at /var/www/vhosts/site2.com/httpdocs. This is where I'm starting to get confused. The discussions say to delete the directory created by Plesk, then set up a symlink to the multisite install. Which directory gets deleted: the site2.com/httpdocs, or just httpdocs? After that, where does the symlink have to point from and to? Does it point to the mainsite.com root, or the /sites directory? I've seen people saying both in different conversations.
Even after I get this figured out, I'm still not sure I'm going to be able to pull this off. The sites are currently all in single site D6 installations, so it will be quite a chore to make it all work.
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Symlinks in a D7 multisite install
In D6 the document root should point to the main site. I think the same way is for D7. When you create a domain site in Plesk you should change the document root or if you want .... you create and then change the pointer of the root site to the main site.
Manuel
I thought that might be the
I thought that might be the way because I tested it on my Windows XAMPP system, and the link worked going from the root to the D7 root. I still had to edit the httpd-vhosts.conf file a bit, but that's all different on Plesk.
I'm still working on if it's worth it for me to do this anyway. My biggest D6 site still has too many modules that don't work on D7.
Hi: I think D7 is a good step
Hi:
I think D7 is a good step forward to be at the forefront but incorporate all modules around it (a lot) and make them work well I think it will take a while.
Manuel.
I just wanted to add that I
I just wanted to add that I actually got a multisite setup working on Plesk 10. I've looked all over for help on this, and it seems like nobody has had any luck doing it. Ironic, since we design sites for writers. It took a lot of fiddling with permissions to get it done.
I'm not much of a writer, but I'd love to put something together that might help others like me.