Hello from a new hosted Discourse user. :wave: Problem statement: After install and setup, I changed the domain name after making all necessary changes. (Cloudflare DNS, app.yml, droplet hostname, new SSL certs, rebuilt docker, etc, etc, etc.) Everything worked fine Until: Activating S3 backups …

Occams Razor Solved: At /admin/site_settings/category/files s3 endpoint should not include bucket name :person_facepalming: Pretty obvious in retrospect

Thank you Jay for the link. I hadn’t found that topic yet. :slight_smile: Based on your inputs and that linked topic, I have: Disabled Cloudflare and confirmed via DNSChecker.org my A records resolve to my DO droplet IP Doublechecked my app.yml (it was fine) Entered app container and ran discours…

Ghost hostname after hostname change

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) October 9, 2022, 11:00am 2

See Change the domain name or rename your Discourse. Make sure cloudflare is dns only

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Ghost hostname after hostname change

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