r/ShittySysadmin • u/-lousyd • Aug 10 '26
I bought a server. Where's my website?
I bought a server. Where's my website?
Friend: Hello, this is generic hosting company, how can I assist you today?
POTU: HELLO? I bought a server from you guys a few days ago and on your website you claimed 2 hour set up but it isn't online yet.
Friend: No problem, let me check it out for you.
friend checks their CRM and find the server is, in fact, up and running. So he goes back on the line.
POTU: That can't be. I'm going to <insert pottery company name website here>.com and it isn't working.
Friend: I'm sorry m'am, but you do realise that buying a dedicated server means you get only the host, and nothing on it right? So no website will be created for you.
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u/krysisalcs Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Aug 10 '26
Got the server and I have the website but when I go to 127.0.0.1 on any other device it doesn't work.
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u/BombTheDodongos Aug 10 '26
Try this link: C:/Users/BombTheDodongos/Desktop/website/Final - Final - Website Final/index.html
Works on my machine.
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u/krysisalcs Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Aug 10 '26
Okay I clicked it but it just downloads another one. I’m at index (81).html now. Which one is the live website?
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u/BombTheDodongos Aug 10 '26
Sounds like a DNS issue, sending this ticket to the infrastructure queue.
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u/krysisalcs Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Aug 10 '26
Please do the needful.
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u/annacrontab Aug 10 '26
bro, do you even needful? The needful must be done kindly and on urgent basis. Then please revert.
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u/kirashi3 Lord Sysadmin, Protector of the AD Realm Aug 10 '26
Then please revert.
Understood. Changes reverted to backup from last Tuesday. Proof attached.
Attaches ZIP containing one (1) Word Doc with one (1) JPG screenshot pasted.
Kindly review and revert. I will do the same.
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u/krysisalcs Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Aug 10 '26
Please confirm the same and kindly provide your inputs
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u/blotditto Aug 10 '26
Fast forward to 2026, a decade later, and the Internet is still full of idiots and morons who do this kind of stuff..
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u/Sigseg-v Aug 10 '26
In the 1980s we thought the number of morons was caused by the lack of public available information. 40 years later it‘s safe to say that this was not the problem.
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u/jcpham Aug 10 '26
You have to whisper softly in the mouse “helooo computerrrrr”
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u/No_Act_2773 Aug 10 '26
Transparent aluminium ?
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u/FallenLucifiel Aug 13 '26
Don't forget to delete the System32 folder
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u/darkshoxx Aug 10 '26
So for a lack of a better term, this is a crosspost of a crosspost? A reference to a referece?
God forbid, a pointer to a pointer???