Bedrock, multisite and https://https//xxxxx.com

[Vladimir]

Hi there,

I have a problem with the multisite website setup. I’m using a subdomain. I use Local Flywheel as a development environment.

Issue: Website works more or less fine, but I can not access the Network Admin area:
I got redirected to the https://http//xxxxx.local/wp-admin/network/sites.php:

This is my application.php file (part of it):
/* Multisite */
define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);
define(‘MULTISITE’, true);
define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true); // Set to true if using subdomains
define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘WP_HOME’));
define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’);
define(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’) ?: 1);
define(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’) ?: 1);

My .env file (part of it):
DB_NAME=local
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=root

WP_ENV=development
WP_HOME=https://xxxxxx.local
WP_SITEURL=${WP_HOME}/wp

My site.conf file (part of it):
server {
root /app/web/;

    # special config for Bedrock + Multisite
    if (!-e $request_filename) {
      rewrite /wp-admin$ $scheme://$host$uri/ permanent;
      rewrite ^(/[^/]+)?(/wp-.*) /wp$2 last;
      rewrite ^(/[^/]+)?(/.*\.php) /wp$2 last;
    }

    index index.php index.html index.htm;

I’m not sure where to dig in to fix the issue with https://http//. The rest of the website works fine.

Could anyone help me with this? Or point me in the direction where I can get some solution?

Cheers,
Vladimir

[JulienMelissas]

Hey there Vladimir,

I use Bedrock + Local + Multisite, so hopefully I can help you here…

Do you have DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE defined in your .env?

This is what my basic .env looks like:

DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE='xxx.local'
WP_ENV='development'
WP_HOME='https://xxx.local'
WP_SITEURL='https://xxx.local/wp'

I also didn’t need to add any special configs to Local for multisite other than selecting “Multisite > Yes” and “subdomain”, and changing the webroot when I created the site. See https://roots.io/guides/local-bedrock-development-with-local-by-flywheel/ if you haven’t already.

Let us know how it goes!

[Vladimir]

Hey Julien,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, indeed, I don’t have the DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE in .env file,
however, it is set in application php, so it is basically the same as in .env:
/* Multisite */
define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);
define(‘MULTISITE’, true);
define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true); // Set to true if using subdomains
define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘WP_HOME’));
define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’);
define(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’) ?: 1);
define(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, env(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’) ?: 1);

I tried to put it to .env but didn’t make any effect.

[Vladimir]

Actually double checked it by removing that part in application.php file and adding it to .env and it worked! Yay, thanks a lot!!!

[Vladimir]

Hey Julien,

One more thing you might know.

When I create the “main” website https://xxxxx.local, Local edits the hosts file adding there the:
192.168.75.100 xxxxx.local #Local Site
192.168.75.100 www.xxxxx.local #Local Site

In order to make second site work as a subdomain, I have to edit hosts file, manually adding the links for th subdomain:
192.168.75.100 subdomain.xxxxx.local #Local Site
192.168.75.100 www.subdomain.xxxxx.local #Local Site

Every time I restart the project in local, the hosts file is getting refreshed and these two lines disappearing. Do you know how to make it the way the links are always there?

[JulienMelissas]

Personally, I just click past the annoying warnings and I don’t let Local modify my hosts file. I think they should probably just have an option for those who want to manage their own hosts file.

Gas Mask is what I have used in the past. It detects applications trying to make changes to the hosts file, so that has always worked for me ¯\(ツ)/¯

Glad you got it figured out!

[codepuncher]

Hostile is a nice cross platform alternative to Gas Mask.

[Vladimir]

Thank you for help here