Connection Timeout/Security Issue

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Hey guys.

Attempting to install Discourse on Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS) x64. Nameservers and domain settings are good to go for both DigitalOcean and GoDaddy.
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After installation, when I try to access the website, it gives me a connection timeout error OR an HTTPS security error. www.skuvault.social gives me something different.
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Any idea what this could be? This has happened three times now - I have reinstalled it following Ubuntu 20.04 instructions, including all prerequisites. I feel like I am missing something very single.

Thank you!

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You need to set that first record for www, not www.skuvault.social. If you use a DNS tester you’ll see that there’s no DNS record for www.skuvault.social, but there is one for www.skuvault.social.skuvault.social.

If you’ve run a bunch of rebuilds, your next issue will be that you hit let’s encrypt’s rate limit and your key is invalid. You’ll need to wait a week or follow Setting up Let’s Encrypt with Multiple Domains, which is a bit tricky.

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Thank you. I have this now:

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I’ve never heard of Let’s Encrypt. I’ve done this four (?) times I think now. I’ll check out that article. Will I need a separate domain for that, or can I configure it with my first? I could create a forum.skuvault.social subdomain, set the forum to that, then change it later, correct?

I’m trying to demo this for my company but I’m a noob, obviously, lol.

Thank you!

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Let’s Encrypt provides you with a free certificate, which is how your site would be accessible via HTTPS after installation.

It’s possible that your re-installations have used up your 7 day issuance quota for skuvault.social. If that’s the case your only options would be:

  • Run without HTTPS (bad, don’t do this)
  • Wait a week
  • Use a different domain for setup (this will create headaches down the line)
  • Purchase a certificate (don’t do this)
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Alrighty, thank you. Does it apply one automatically? I skipped the Let’s Encrypt prompt when installing.

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Yes, you don’t need to provide an email for Let’s Encrypt to be set up, you just won’t receive notifications of expirations. Discourse installs HTTPS as standard.

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Sweet, thank you. Looks like I’ll wait a week, then, and check back if it’s still dead. Appreciate you both!

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Still having issues. Any ideas?

Tempted to reinstall it yet again.

Thank you!

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You did a

./launcher rebuild app

And saw no errors and your site still isn’t up?

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Ha. No, I didn’t do that. It’s working now. Thank you! People like you make this possible for noobs a like me!

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