# Problem with new installation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627 "2022-11-07T08:30:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@jo-andre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jo-andre)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/1 "2022-11-07T08:30:49Z")
Hello. I’ve installed Discourse a few times now without problem. And I did one install yesterday. And it all went ok. But I reinstalled it for some reason. I’ve done as previously. But now I don’t get the discourse register page but a Apache test page instead. I’ve restarted my server. Full wipe. And reinstalled it. Same problem.
My site \> Forum.byggforum.no
[Installation steps used](https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-20-04/)
Thanks for any tips!
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/2 "2022-11-07T08:51:21Z")
what happens when you turn off the apache service on your VPS?
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/3 "2022-11-07T08:59:01Z")
How did you setup vhost AND app.yml? Because installation you followed won’t work per se. Apache will hijack ports 80 and 443.
And I don’t know if you are using www.byggforum.no but http gives 302 redirection and https serves error 500. So — Apache2 is broken.
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### Author:  [@Fluttercode](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fluttercode)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/4 "2022-11-07T16:37:17Z")
Not to insult anyones intelligence, but I always look at the error\_log file whenever I get a default Apache page. It’s usually just a permission error or pointing to a wrong directory.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/5 "2022-11-07T16:44:45Z")
You aren’t insulting anyone’s intelligence, it’s more that Apache isn’t part of discourse and won’t be installed anywhere if you’re following the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true).
@jo-andre You need to provide more information about the server and why Apache is present in the first place.
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### Author:  [@jo-andre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jo-andre)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/6 "2022-11-07T18:01:49Z")
Hey sorry for late respons!
> [@Stephen](#):
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> @jo-andre You need to provide more information about the server and why Apache is present in the first place.
i have no idea why Apache is running. or installed. this is a fresh server.
edit: Cant even find it …
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/7 "2022-11-07T18:24:33Z")
Could your DNS be set incorrectly?
Does Apache still respond during a server reboot? That’s usually a good clue that it’s not the same system responding.
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### Author:  [@jo-andre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jo-andre)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/8 "2022-11-07T19:13:11Z")
> [@Stephen](#):
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> Could your DNS be set incorrectly?
yeah, probably. That’s my thing!
The ip of the server where pointing too the main domain & sub-domain.
i removed the one pointing to main domain and ill try again.
edit Thanks! i would never tought of that! 😃
Many thanks for helping out @merefield @Jagster @Fluttercode & @Stephen 🥰
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/9 "2022-11-07T20:14:46Z")
> [@jo-andre](#):
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> The ip of the server where pointing too the main domain & sub-domain.
That is how it should work, because both are on same IP address. Your vhosts aren’t right, I guess. But one way to fix that is remove ”main domain” from DNS.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-new-installation/244627/10 "2022-12-07T20:15:39Z")
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