# Discourse not coming up on DigitalOcean **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [September 25, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011 "2018-09-25T13:03:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 14 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/1 "2018-09-25T13:03:17Z")
Hi there, I have completed all steps of installing discourse over my digital drop using this tutorial - [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) I have taken care of all steps like email server, creating A name records, transferring the DNS etc. and everything else as required (except Let’s Encrypt ID) as I don’t need SSL at this stage. ![image(1)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/7/d7ad70716153f51bdccf7bed68bfc2d2b7030168.png) But I am just seeing the default Ubuntu page on my domain name - www.pcm.red, and not the discourse site. Can somebody out there help me if have experience on this, please ? Please let me know if more information is needed regarding this problem. PFA the final installation screenshot of the console, where installed. Thanks, Jatin ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/2 "2018-09-25T13:18:57Z")
> [@Raman\_Jindal](#): > > transferring the DNS etc. Does the output of `ping www.pcm.red` match your droplet’s IP? I’ve `curl`ed your domain and it doesn’t respond with any HTML. ---
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/3 "2018-09-25T13:33:04Z")
Hello, It pinged it wrong, it has been corrected. This particular issue has been **Resolved.** The website now works. But to my amusement, it opens up to some other portal - Lubdhak Tehnologies ! It’s not mine, I don’t know about it. It’s like a wrong number ! It should have opened up to fresh discourse setup. Am I missing something, or am I already been hacked? Thanks, Jatin ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/4 "2018-09-25T13:35:37Z")
Jatin, what’s the IP of your droplet, based on your DO console? ---
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/5 "2018-09-25T13:40:27Z")
![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/6/2606497811fd546dbc79f7c415a3de8dad38cdb7.png) It’s 206.189.133.169, also PFA for a visual reference here. It’s ipv4. Thanks. ---
### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/6 "2018-09-25T13:41:41Z")
So there’s an A record for that IP? Is anything else already on that droplet? ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/7 "2018-09-25T13:43:17Z")
That doesn’t match ```plaintext ping www.pcm.red 64 bytes from 206.189.135.126: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=181.755 ms ``` You need to fix your A record. btw I curl your DO IP and I get your lovely HTML 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/8 "2018-09-25T13:47:08Z")
> [@Raman\_Jindal](#): > > creating A name records, transferring the DNS etc Your nameservers suggest that your domain has been moved to DigitalOcean, [that’s a really bad idea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-over-digitalocean-and-namecheap/95598). Move it back to GoDaddy and manage it from there. ---
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/9 "2018-09-25T13:52:09Z")
Why would you opine it’s not a good idea, @Stephen, Can you explain a bit more ? ---
### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/10 "2018-09-25T13:53:06Z")
Why not read the link I’ve provided? It explains the point well. ---
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/11 "2018-09-25T13:55:06Z")
Oh didn’t notice that link, sure ! ---
### 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: [September 25, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/12 "2018-09-25T13:59:36Z")
It’s a bad idea mostly because it’s confusing (as I think your case demonstrates). It’s worked well for me for at least a couple years. ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/13 "2018-09-25T14:12:50Z")
It is still a bad idea, whether you personally do it or not is immaterial. Still not advisable! ---
### Author: ![Raman\_Jindal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal) #### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-coming-up-on-digitalocean/98011/14 "2018-09-25T19:13:06Z")
When I shift the name server back to Godaddy, I have 2 questions- 1. Should I create A, AAAA, NS, cname, txt, mx DNS records in godaddy or DigitalOcean ? 2. While doing this, should i be able to do domain forwarding from pcm.red to www.pcm.red in godaddy? My first guess is No, because once forwarded in Godaddy, because once forwarded, It would just forward to the sub-domain, and won’t care about its configuration. It’ll just forward. Please let me know what you think. Thanks in advance.