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How to connect your Website domain name to a Cloud VPS hosting environment running XAMPP




To connect your Website domain name to a Cloud VPS hosting environment running XAMPP, follow these steps:

  1. Obtain Your VPS IP Address:

    • Log in to your Contabo account and navigate to your VPS management section to find your server's public IP address.

  2. Configure Your Domain's DNS Settings:

    • Access your domain registrar's control panel.
    • Locate the DNS management section.
    • Create an 'A' record pointing your domain (e.g., yourdomain.com) to your VPS's public IP address.
    • If you want 'www.yourdomain.com' to also point to your VPS, add a 'CNAME' record for 'www' pointing to 'yourdomain.com'.

  3. Set Up Virtual Hosts in XAMPP:

    • On your VPS, open the httpd-vhosts.conf file located at C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf.
    • Add the following configuration, replacing placeholders with your actual domain and directory paths: 
      <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/yourdomain"
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    ErrorLog "logs/yourdomain.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/yourdomain.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
    • Ensure the DocumentRoot points to the directory containing your website files.

  4. Restart Apache:

    • After saving the changes, restart Apache using the XAMPP Control Panel to apply the new configuration.

  5. Verify the Setup:

    • Allow some time for DNS propagation (this can take up to 48 hours, but often less).
    • Access your domain in a web browser to ensure it correctly displays your website hosted on the VPS.

Click Here f or a visual walkthrough of this process, you can refer to the following video.

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