# Discourse Setup on DigitalOcean

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774 "2021-10-11T19:41:32Z")
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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/1 "2021-10-11T19:41:32Z")

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Okay so I am trying to setup my own Discourse forum on DigitalOcean using the one click system but when I get to which domain I should set it up on, I just keep getting the error of `Port 443 of computer does not appear to be accessible`.

I am using CloudFlare for my DNS and I have searched and tried everything and have kept getting the same error over and over again. Would someone please assist me?

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/2 "2021-10-11T19:43:28Z")

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your domain is not pointing to DO.

That is why you getting that error

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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/3 "2021-10-11T19:44:17Z")

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It is though.

I set my Domain to go to my DigitalOcean public IP.

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/4 "2021-10-11T19:44:58Z")

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what is the url you going to use ?

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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/5 "2021-10-11T19:45:49Z")

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[https://forum.rankerprobot.com/](https://forum.rankerprobot.com/)

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/6 "2021-10-11T19:49:19Z")

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check you A records on cloudflare.

its not allowing the traffic to DO

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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/7 "2021-10-11T19:52:52Z")

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It’s not blocking anything. So it should be allowing the traffic to DO.

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### Author: ![Steven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven/32/187890_2.png) [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/8 "2021-10-11T20:01:41Z")

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The domain points to cloudflare ips. Which is signs that the ns servers are well configured.

But on cloudflare, you need to add an **A** record on the subdomain : forum(.rankerprobot.com), with the ip of the digitalocean droplet as a target.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/1/0145d36c959b78158c51c9a8aee8144d9e7fa0a9.png)

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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/9 "2021-10-11T20:04:03Z")

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> [@Steven](#):
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> But on cloudflare, you need to add an **A** record on the subdomain : forum(.rankerprobot.com), with the ip of the digitalocean droplet as a target.

I did do that and I am receiving the same error that I was getting before.

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### Author: ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/10 "2021-10-11T20:07:42Z")

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Proxy Status should be set to DNS only.

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### Author: ![eazoppe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eazoppe/32/204401_2.png) [@eazoppe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eazoppe)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/11 "2021-10-11T20:11:23Z")

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There we go, it worked. Thank you for your help.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-digitalocean/205774/13 "2021-11-10T20:13:21Z")

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