Most shared hosting services store your files and databases on a the same server with the same IP address. However, LunarPages has recently stopped that practice and keeps some people’s databases on different servers with different IP address. This makes it more difficult to install Wordpress on LunarPages.
If you’re a LunarPages customer and trying to figure out what the IP address of your databases is, it’s very likely NOT the same as the IP address of your Lunar Pages Control Panel (LPCP).
How to Find Your MySQL Database IP Address on LunarPages
- Go to the main page of your LPCP and scroll down to databases.
- Click on PhpMyAdmin (sailboat icon on the right side).
- It may ask you to fill in your login information again, do so.
- Now you’re in phpMyAdmin for your hosting. Though the url in your address bar still has the same IP address as your LPCP, the very top of the page will say Server: 229.237.233.32 (only your IP address).
Here’s a screenshot of what this looked like for one client, but with most of the IP address blacked out for privacy:
It’s at the very top of the page, a little bit left of center. You’ll see that it probably shares many of the same digits as your LPCP IP address, but it’s got a few different ones too. If it’s identical, then your database & files are on the same server.
You can use this IP address it fill in the DB_HOST field in a wp-config.php file for Wordpress (replacing localhost) or wherever else you need the IP of your MySQL databases on LunarPages.
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