lighttpd and wordpress hostname resolve issue

[vladoportos]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get wordpress to work with lighttpd and my home test server...

<name>.dnsalias.org as my IP is not static...

When I install wordpress ( via apt-get ) and set it up through install script like this:

bash /usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/setup-mysql -n wordpress <name>.dnsalias.org
It is accessible from outside of my network but not from local one where the sever ip is 10.0.0.200

From outside it is using correctly domain <name>.dnsalias.org but from inside
when I try to use ip 10.0.0.200 from other pc on net it will not work..a s it still using <name>.dnsalias.org in all links...

Also I would like to have it in <name>.dnsalias.org/wordpress as I have another test site in <name>.dnsalias.org/<test_Site> which by thee way works from inside and outside of my network.... its just wordpress ...

I have followed this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WordPress but its for apache...

I spend whole night searching for some solution and now I'm dead tired and you are my last hope ...( ....Obi Wan Kenobi )

So does someone running wordpress in setup like I described above, if yes, could you please share the secret with me ?

Thanks all, I'm off the bad half delirious...
VladoPortos

[Ryan Dwyer]

It's because your dnsalias.org domain resolves to your external address. Most routers will not forward a packet on an external address if it came from inside the network.

The solution is to either add an entry in each machine's hosts file or add a local DNS server.

[vladoportos]

yes you are right, I had my sleep and when I woke up I realized the issue is between keyboard and chair

I edited C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts on my win 7 pc and now it works, it nicely resolve the url to local network...

I will go ahead and fight the wordpress install again as it is unusual with using apt.... all the folders are somewhere else and some stupid soft links are being created all around the system...

cheers all !