Transforming Localhost to a domain?

[xReece]

Hey there!

I've currently got XenForo installed on Wampserver, inside of a VPS (Running Windows Server 2012).

Whilst this is all well and good, I need to have my purchased domain functional with the XenForo Website. It will be the main thing, for example (www.example.com would point to the XenForo Site).

I understand this will involve me port-forwarding, but I cannot find any support on this. Turns out using Windows Server isn't such an ease as I would thought it would be easier than using Linux :>

I understand how to do the basics of Portforwarding, but I've no idea how to make the IP of the VPS run inside of a standard browser. Currently it only works inside localhost on the VPS and the domain pointing to the IP using A DNS doesn't respond because there is no portforwarding.

I'd appreciate any help given, however please try to go easy on me with your methods :3

 

[Mouth]

Sounds like you need to check the Windows firewall to ensure that it's allowing port 80 through to Apache

 

[xReece]

Thanks for the fast reply, Appreciate the help. I've added port 80 to the Firewall to allow all traffic, but now I have this error;

https://gyazo.com/78eb8d2ad720e9449936620a2f60cca1

(403: Forbidden)

 

[Mouth]

Sorry, not an Apache admin so cannot offer much.
But looks like you need to check Apache config files, as you're only allowing internal (127.0.0.1 / localhost) access, and now need to change config to allow public access.

 

[Robru]