Wordpress Networking

Hello,

I having trouble getting the networking running on the virtual machine. I followed the instructions for creating a manual address, I get;
192.168.3.129 no such interface
192.168.3.129 is not available
192.168.3.129 is not available

Additionally in my VM Settings (running Vsphere 4 update 1), when i go to edit the settings, network adapter 1 does not have the option select a network interface (this host does not have any virtual machine networks, or you don’t have permission to access them.

All the servers are in production and do have a few valid virtual machine networks.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks,

Anthony

Hi,

Not sure if I understand correctly. It seems that the problem is that you are running the Virtual Machine in a VMWare server and you are accessing from an external network. In this case the BitNami Wordpress application detects the private IP from the network and it is using it to manage the requests. In you case, if you are accessing from a public IP, the wordpress application is redirecting the request to a private IP so it does not run well.

The solution is to use the “updateip” tool to set the public IP. Try the following as root user or using ‘sudo’ from a console in the Virtual Appliance:

# /opt/bitnami/updateip —machine_hostname (your public IP or the DNS)

If this name or IP will not change you can remove the /etc/init.d/update script to not update it when you reboot the machine,

You can find more info at http://bitnami.org/faq/virtual_machines. I hope it helps.

Hi,

Right now I am just trying to run this on internal (private network). I tried to attach some screen shots in hopes that it will help clarify, but that doesnt seem to be working for me. When I go to “edit settings” in Virtual Center for the word press appliance, the Network Adapter’s Network connection area is greyed out and will not let me select any of my vm network. So I cannot even get the machine onto a private network as NIC is not actually connected to any network. Thanks in advance for your help.

Ok, could you attach the screenshots?

sorry for the delay, thanks in advance

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Hi,

Not sure the problem, have you tried to enable the “Connected” box? Could you try to add another network device?

Hi,

I have similar problem but I have not figured your solution so I need some more advice.

I am using Wordpress 3.0 under VirtualBox. It seems only Opensuse Version is working. Instead of using the internal IP it captures during the boot time. I have tried to change the IP to the DNS name AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD. It seems OK and every links of the Wordpress pages have been changed. However, when the virtual machine is re-booted, it gets the internal IP again.

My question is where you put your the /etc/init.d/update script so that I can remove the update action.

Hi,

I overlook the script of updateip and now I am able to remove the update ip process.

Hi,

Although I successfully disable the updateip process, I still get a message of Failed Services in running Level 3. It also mentions that updateip is fail. I just put a # in the last line of the updateip script and rename the original script to updateip_old under the /etc/init.d. Is this a proper procedure?

To remove a service properly on SuSE Virtual Appliane you can run the following command:

$ chkconfig --del updateip

Thanks.

Your advice works properly.

Hi,

Thanks for let us know that it works.

Cheers,

Victoria.