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August 2, 2015 at 9:37 pm #161191MoagParticipant
Greetings!
I have created a really nice WP site(Parallax Pro) locally, and would now like to publish it to azure, however I am having a lot of difficulty. I've googled the problem, gone to stack overflow, and even MSopentech.com for help, but honestly the solutions they offer are over my head. I tried to follow the steps listed under this tutorial but no luck. Can anyone out there please help me?Thanks in advance,
MoagAugust 2, 2015 at 11:48 pm #161205coralseaitMemberWhat sort of trouble are you having?
Most of us are probably running on Linux Apache or Nginx; if this is IIS and MS Sql server I'd image there's going to be a lot of specific issues to that. We can probably help some, but you'd prob be best running on the LAMP or LEMP stacks as far as having the most 'supported' platform for your searching for help via google needs.
August 3, 2015 at 9:13 am #161267MoagParticipantHi Coralseait,
I am running windows 8.1 using WAMP. I can build locally just fine, but when I launch Web Matrix and attempt to upload my local site to my azure account. One problem is that Web Matrix isn't seeing my local site, and two when I am able to attempt an FTP I get a connection error. I am not married to WAMP or anything, I just want to get this site loaded to my remote. I'm positive I am not the only one to have ever tried this, but I am pretty sure I am going about it wrong, I mean it can't be THAT complex...can it?
Moag
August 3, 2015 at 11:29 pm #161360MoagParticipant...ok so I've restored my machine to factory and upgraded to Win 10. I've not yet installed WAMP (or any other variation). I have installed Visual Studio 2015 and am in the process of installing SQL server 2016. I am doing all of this so I can start fresh incase I did anything prior that was causing problems. I plan on installing WebMatrix, but I'm going to wait and do a bit of recon before I do so. Is there anyone out there that can advise me as to my next step? The goal is to be able to create my sites locally once complete I would like to upload them to a remote server...currently I would like to publish them to azure, but I'm flexible, I just want to be able to do it.
Thanks in advance,
MoagAugust 4, 2015 at 5:09 am #161376coralseaitMemberAre you wanting to admin your own WP servers? If so, VPS on RamNode, Digital Ocean or Linode will be cheaper in the long run if you can handle Linux. You'll then need to decide between LAMP or LEMP.
Honestly, I'd advise if you plan to run your own infrastructure to seriously consider ditching Azure for now and looking at Linux based VPS services because the vast amount of documentation and support out there to learn from is based on LAMP and then LEMP. Even AWS/EC2 is an option for LAMP/LEMP but it is more costly than the VPS providers I mentioned.
Disclosure, we run our own VPSs on various solutions using LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySql and PHP). We've found Nginx to be MUCH more peformant and efficient than Apache, meaning we don't have to spec larger VMs. With LEMP your VM resources go much further. Happy to have a discussion on how you can utilise LEMP if you so desire.
If you want to stay on the MS Platform be warned that you are going to have more hurdles and digging to do to host WP infrastructure and likely pay higher cost pound for pound so to speak.
August 4, 2015 at 5:39 am #161378idmagMemberI
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August 4, 2015 at 7:41 am #161381MoagParticipantHi Coralseait,
I've never run Linux before so I am not sure what all would be involved. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is LAMP/LEMP something I can run on my Windows machine or would it involve installing unbutu? It seems like such a simple thing to want to be able to publish local to remote, I mean I'm not trying to re-invent the wheel or anything *sad face*.
Moag
August 4, 2015 at 11:17 pm #161453coralseaitMemberYeah, it is a simple thing what you are asking for - however; in WP land and if you are wanting to run your own hosting / infrastructure it is probably best to stick with Linux. The reason here is that by far, a huge margin, most sites are on Linux and Apache (or Nginx) so your base of support information and knowledge to draw from is much larger.
Being on Azure for hosted infrastructure means you are very limited in the amount of resources available to draw upon. If this is for your own needs, or you wish to try out and learn Azure then by all means work through it. However, if you plan to host more than a few sites or client sites you'll be better served either by going with managed hosting or biting the bullet and learning Linux.
That's not to say you can't run Apache etc on MS platforms; but your largest base by far is Linux.
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