# Discourse is only accessible by IP address

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [2017 年 1 月 30 日午後 9:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622 "2017-01-30T21:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 1 月 30 日午後 10:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622/2 "2017-01-30T22:11:10Z")

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We can’t really tell without your hostname. You can do things like this to see if your domain is resolving correctly:

```plaintext
dig test.com # does the name resolve?
dig test.com @8.8.8.8 # does Google think so?
whois test.com
dig test.com @NAME SERVER LISTED IN WHOIS results

```

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