Resolving a “Site not installed” error

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Find out how to resolve a “Site not installed” error

Objective

You may see the error page “Site not installed” displayed on your web browser, particularly when your website is first installed.

website not installed

This guide explains how to identify and resolve the "Site not installed" error page.

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Instructions

The “Site not installed” page appears for two reasons:

The following steps will allow you to correct the “Site not installed” error in both cases.

1 - Verify the declaration of your domain name or subdomain on your web hosting plan

Click on the tabs below to view each of the 4 steps in succession.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4

Log in to the , then go to the Web Cloud section.

Web Cloud

2 - Check the IP pointing in your domain name’s active DNS zone

This step involves checking that your domain or subdomain points to your Web Hosting plan’s IP address from its active DNS zone.

2.1 Identify the IP address of your OVHcloud web hosting plan

Click on the tabs below to view each of the 3 steps in turn.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Log in to the , then go to the Web Cloud section.

Web Cloud

You can also find the IP address associated with your Web Hosting plan in our guide “Web Hosting - List of IP addresses by cluster”.

2.2 Verify the IP address recorded in your domain name’s active DNS zone

You will now need to check that your Web Hosting plan’s IP address appears in your domain name’s active DNS zone.

Info

Before you continue, whenever a change occurs in a domain name’s active DNS zone, you may need to wait between 4 and 24 hours to update the information on the DNS network.

If you modify the DNS servers associated with your domain name directly, this period can be up to 48 hours maximum.

To do this, click on the tabs below to display each of the 4 steps in succession.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4

Log in to the , then go to the Web Cloud section.

Web Cloud

Go further

List of IP addresses for clusters and web hosting

Hosting multiple websites on your web hosting plan

Modify the DNS servers of an OVHcloud domain name

Edit an OVHcloud DNS zone

Create an OVHcloud DNS zone

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