Multi site setup on bench

Install / Update
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Continuing the discussion from ERPNext 4 Installation Problem:

run service nginx reload as root

Here’s the bench way to do dns multitenant,

# rename site1.local and site2.local as site1.example.com and site2.example.com
# Add DNS record for *.example.com to resolve to your server
bench config dns_multitenant on
bench setup nginx
sudo service nginx reload # or run this as root

Now Frappe will serve site as per the domain name resolved.

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run service nginx reload as root

Yes, this worked.

rename site1.local and site2.local as site1.example.com and site2.example.com

Is it just renaming the directories under ~/frappe-bench/sites?

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bench set-nginx-port site2.local 82

Btw, how can this be redone?

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Yes :smile:

You can run it any number of times. Just call bench setup nginx to re generate the config. And reload nginx after that, ofcourse.

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But the mySQL databases are still named site.local …

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That is fine. Database name doesn’t matter to nginx.

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I tried to follow these setps, but my second site is not visible.
I have my server in Digital Ocean and have frappe 4.5
I can access my first site at http://178.62.219.188:8000/
But I cannot access my second site http://178.62.219.188:8082

after executing > frappe@ERPTesting:~/frappe-bench$ bench set-nginx-port malnadtesting.in 82

I did not do DNS configuration as I have not assigned any DNS for this, yet.

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@pdvyas can you please look guide me on this ?

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I think you’re accessing the site by running bench start

You will have to setup your bench for production (ie setup nginx and supervisor)

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@pdvyas I have both supervisor and nginx setup, but I prefer starting by “bench start” command.

Below is the nginx config

Supervisor config

frappe-bench sites folder

http://imgur.com/weRkFoV

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I got it working with these instructions, but I have tow subdomains and the DNS records set up as well.

su frappe
cd ~/frappe-bench
bench set-default-site <SITENAME-01>.<DOMAIN>
bench config dns_multitenant on
bench new-site <SITENAME-02>.<DOMAIN>
bench frappe --install_app erpnext <SITENAME-02>.<DOMAIN>
bench setup nginx
su root
cd ~
service nginx reload
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Cool, it worked! Thanks!

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You don’t need to run bench start if you’ve setup supervisor (they both clash).

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@peterschmidler Ok, I will try setting up sub-domains in DO and update the results.

@pdvyas bench start has been my habit, but I will stop using it and see it works on nginx

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I am trying to run the erp in multiple subdomain. Followed the Multitenant Setup. But it is not working. I am using CentOs 7.

If I use
bench new-site site2.example.com

It gives errors.

But if I try
bench new-site site2.local

It does not give any error.

But how can I point site2.example.com to site2.local?

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you can rename the site,

cd sites
mv site2.local site2.example.com
cd ..
bench setup nginx
sudo service nginx reload
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I have tried to setup multi-tenant, but can’t get it to work. The domain erp.teknify.com fails to load. Here is my (generated) nginx file:

http://dpaste.com/1DY5FX7

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% host erp.teknify.com
Host erp.teknify.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Have you added A record in DNS settings?

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Yes, that was it. Many thanks!

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I am trying to get erpnext up and running on AWS EC2. I am stuck at the new.site1…which A Record should I change? And to what?