# Discourse instance unreachable on AWS

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-instance-unreachable-on-aws/55006>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [31. Dezember 2016 um 16:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-instance-unreachable-on-aws/55006 "2016-12-31T16:40:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanielMarquard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danielmarquard/32/74010_2.png) [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Post date:** [6. Februar 2017 um 17:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-instance-unreachable-on-aws/55006/22 "2017-02-06T17:38:20Z")

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I think the cause was with Nginx failing to locate the SSL certificate, because one was not generated by Let’s Encrypt due to the hostname not resolving to that server.

Have you tried the troubleshooting steps I posted above?

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