IP does not redirect to domain, domain shows white page

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IP does not redirect to domain, domain shows white page

Jacob_Peebles is experiencing issues with assigning his domain to a Discourse site installed on Google Cloud Platform using the Bitnami marketplace app. The IP address http://35.231.40.89/ is set up, but it does not forward to his domain, which instead resolves to a white page with the Bitnami tab.

Remah suggests that the official install method is to use the instructions at https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md and that Bitnami installs are supported by their creators.

Jacob_Peebles rephrases his question, asking if it’s possible to have Discourse point to the main domain instead of a subdomain. He also shares his site, thepros.community, which shows a white page.

Remah confirms that Discourse can run on a domain and provides a link to the instructions. She also explains what Content Security Policy (CSP) is and suggests that it might be related to the issue.

Jacob_Peebles thanks Remah and plans to read up on the issue.

Remah clarifies that her previous response was not directly relevant to the current issue but provides a link to a blog that explains the significance of using apex domains.

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Hi All,

I’ve installed the bitnami discourse marketplace app on Google Cloud Platform.

Everything seems to have worked as planned and I am now at the step where I am trying to assign my domain to the site.

In summary here is what I have done, I have my IP, it’s all set up here: http://35.231.40.89/

Now, what I would expect is it to forward to my domain which I’ve configured using the Google Cloud DNS service…

However that’s not happening.

What’s odder, is my domain does resolve to the discourse site, but just to a white page with the bitnami tab on the bottom, very odd.

Is there any trick to this?

Thanks in advance for the help and if I missed any details please just let me know!

Thanks,

Jake

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Hi Jake

The official install method is to use the instructions at discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub

A Bitnami install should be supported by whoever created it.

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Turning off CSP may help:

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Remah!

First thanks for the response and sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Yes, I see your point RE: the bitnami install and this being the discourse site.

But I think this question is actually not related to that aspect of things, so let me rephrase and ask a few more things:

Here is my site, you an see the domain here, thepros.community…as you can see it’s simply a white page.

What’s odd is my DNS configuration is very vanilla, when I’ve done this type of work before usually the IP just forwards to the domain without issue…

Thanks!

Jake

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Not sure what CSP is, but I see no browser errors, nothing of that nature.

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Yes, Discourse can run on a domain:

CSP is described below. It is possibly related to your problem. If so then this topic tells you how to disable it so you can add your sources:

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Thanks Remah, interesting will begin readying and check back in with an update!

  • Jake
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Sorry, I should have explained.

You are self-hosting so you don’t need the Discourse-hosted instructions. I just included it to show there can be problems using apex domains and you should understand this significant con.

It’s not actually directly relevant to your current issue. But if you are interested in understanding this issue then this blog is good to read