Hi everyone, I’ve chosen Vultr to host a server on which i’ve installed Discourse. The problem is : i can’t access my forum by typing “ discourse.cinefilons.com ” (HOSTNAME) in the address bar. The only way i can access my forum is by typing the IP address of the server. I know i failed somewhere b…

[image] abandapart: discourse.cinefilons.com Did you remember to create a dns entry for your subdomain and point it to the server? Apparently cinefilons.com isn’t a registered domain name. You’ll need to register it. Go to your registrar (if they’ll be managing your DNS) and direct the IP to…

Did you actually register the domain name at a registrar? The domain name appears to still be available to register if it is indeed cinefilons.com

Could you give some examples of “registrar” plz ? Is Vultr a registrar ?

Vult ir a server provider. A registrar would be like domains.google.com , godaddy.com , namecheap.com

Ok i see much clearer now. Thank you ! I live in Belgium. Most of the members of my forum will come from France or Belgium. So it’s more logical for me to take “domain.be” than a “ domain.com ” right ? I mean what’s the difference between the two of them ?

No real difference. .com’s are usually the most desirable but that’s entirely up to you.

Since you’re in Belgium I would recommend you use Cloud Computing & Hébergement Web | OVHcloud France or https://www.gandi.net/ as your registrar. They have better price for Europeans :wink:

Thank you mate ! They do offer better price indeed :slight_smile:

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abandapart Juin 15, 2017, 12:39 3

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