We’re moving to a new DigitalOcean droplet and tried using the marketplace image. When running the setup script, it fails early on because our domain name is still pointing to our current instance in production.
I need to get this new installation up and running so I can restore its backup and then update the DNS records after that.
Error is:
Checking your domain name . . .
WARNING: Port 443 of computer does not appear to be accessible using hostname: x
WARNING: Connection to x (port 80) also fails.
This suggests that x resolves to some IP address that does not reach this
machine where you are installing discourse.
The first thing to do is confirm that x resolves to the IP address of this server.
You usually do this at the same place you purchased the domain.
If you are sure that the IP address resolves correctly, it could be a firewall issue.
A web search for "open ports YOUR CLOUD SERVICE" might help.
The domain name does in fact respond on ports 80 and 443, so this error message appears to be in error as well.