I’ve tried searching for answers to this but to no avail. The case: I have a live environment at mylivedomain.com . its a DO droplet with discourse installed I want a duplicate environment for testing/staging, so I cloned the droplet then went into the cloned droplet and changed in app.yml the new…

Make sure you’ve followed these steps on the cloned server [image] Change the domain name or rename your Discourse Self-Hosting bookmark This guide explains how-to change the domain name of your Discourse site, and includes information about setting up DNS chan…

thank you for your fast response @fzngagan ! I have done the steps in the tutorial (change domainname that discourse points to, rebuild app, and updated my DNS). When I go to the new IP (of the cloned server), it still will go to the old (live) forum while that IP points to the new (test) forum. (th…

discourse dont like IP addresses, you need to use a domain. If you added the ip address in the app.yml instead of the domain, then it might have failed and still use the old value. Once the new domain resolves, add it to the app.yml and rebuild. it should would then

Thank you @IAmGav ! I put the domainname in app.yml, not the IP :slight_smile: but I guess i’ll need to be patient until it resolves. still, i find it odd that since I put the new domain in app.yml instead of the old one, the forum still goes to the old domain (even though I put the new ip address…

Cloné mon droplet DO discourse, comment faire pour que le clone pointe vers le bon domaine ?

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fzngagan (Faizaan Gagan) Septembre 23, 2020, 8:45 2

Assurez-vous d’avoir suivi ces étapes sur le serveur cloné

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Configuring domain name and DNS Self-hosting	20	6731	Octobre 19, 2014
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Clone to a new server; Change Domain; New Topic Asking for Login Everytime Self-hosting	4	123	Septembre 17, 2025
How to change the domain for Discourse? Support	2	1233	Janvier 31, 2019
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Cloné mon droplet DO discourse, comment faire pour que le clone pointe vers le bon domaine ?

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