# Site DNS is propagated but discourse refuses connection?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** install\
**Created:** [January 6, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-dns-is-propagated-but-discourse-refuses-connection/345721 "2025-01-06T01:01:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-dns-is-propagated-but-discourse-refuses-connection/345721/3 "2025-01-06T02:09:32Z")

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no this is copy of output. succeeds to connect to domain though.

```plaintext
discourse-setup
The configuration file containers/app.yml already exists!

. . . reconfiguring . . .

Saving old file as app.yml.2025-01-06-030236.bak
Stopping existing container in 5 seconds or Control-C to cancel.
x86_64 arch detected.
WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file by running: chmod o-rwx containers/app.yml
+ /usr/bin/docker stop -t 600 app
app

Found 25GB of memory and 8 physical CPU cores
setting db_shared_buffers = 4096MB
setting UNICORN_WORKERS = 8
containers/app.yml memory parameters updated.

Hostname for your Discourse? [www.xrtropolis.one]: 
Checking your domain name . . .
Connection to www.xrtropolis.one succeeded.
Email address for admin account(s)? [demontmorency_dan@hotmail.com]:
SMTP server address? [smtp-relay.brevo.com]:
SMTP port? [587]:
SMTP user name? [redacted]:
SMTP password? [redacted]:
notification email address? [noreply@xrtropolis.one]:
Optional email address for Let's Encrypt warnings? (ENTER to skip) [me@example.com]:
Optional MaxMind Account ID (ENTER to continue without MAXMIND GeoLite2 geolocation database) [123456]:

Does this look right?

Hostname : www.xrtropolis.one
Email : demontmorency_dan@hotmail.com
SMTP address : smtp-relay.brevo.com
SMTP port : 587
SMTP username : redacted
SMTP password : redacted
Notification email: noreply@xrtropolis.one
MaxMind account ID: (unset)
MaxMind license key: (unset)

ENTER to continue, 'n' to try again, Ctrl+C to exit:
web.ssl.template.yml NOT ENABLED--was it on already?
letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml NOT ENABLED -- was it on already?

Unfortunately, there was an error changing containers/app.yml

This may happen if you have made unexpected changes.

```

That being said the app.yml appears to have been changed even though it says error changing it.

However still get connection refused even though setup said it connected successfully.

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