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

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.

Turning off CSP may help: [image] Port forwarding? Support Do you see any errors in the browser console? It could be related to CSP.

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: Is it possible to have discourse point the main domain, and not a subdomain? Can I have discourse run on mycommunity.com rather than forum.mycommunity.com? 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

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

Yes, Discourse can run on a domain: [image] Configure your hosted Discourse site to run at the root or apex domain (e.g. example.com) Hosted Customers bookmark This guide explains how to configure a hosted Discourse site to run at the root or apex domain (for example, example.com instead of forum.example.com). The general process for changing your site’s domain name is covered in the guide for configuring your domain name for hosted Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Most hosted Discourse sites run on a subdomain, such as forum.example.com, talk.example.com, or www.example.com. This is the recommended set… 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: [image] Mitigate XSS Attacks with Content Security Policy Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to use Content Security Policy (CSP) to mitigate Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks in Discourse. It covers CSP basics, configuration, and best practices. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Summary Content Security Policy (CSP) is a crucial security feature in Discourse that helps protect against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and other injection attacks. This guide covers the basics of CSP, how it’s implemented in Discourse, and how to c…

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 CNAME at the apex of a zone It is often asked, “Why can’t I have a CNAME at the zone apex?

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Jacob_Peebles (Jacob Peebles) January 31, 2020, 5:58pm 7

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

Jake

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