I set up discourse via the documents and I installed discourse on DigitalOcean VPS. I changed all the nameservers to DigitalOcean and added my web domain URL to the project in DigitalOcean. For some reason it stills shows Godaddy Lander page?? How do I fix this issue and start setting up Discourse…

No need to wait. Add entry in your /etc/hosts file pointing domain to the GoDaddy IP address and you will see your site.

Tried that, still points to lander page.

From the screenshot you edited out, it looks like you are trying to access the file in your own Windows computer. To be sure, are you running Discourse in development or production?

In that case, you will be running it on localhost, not on a domain. When you run the dev server, go to https://localhost:4200 to see the forum.

Nevermind, just checked. It’s in Production mode, how can I switch it between Prod and Dev mode?

You will have to install a separate forum for development. [image] Install Discourse on Windows for development Developer Guides information_source This tutorial has been tested on Windows 10 and 11. To set up a development environment for Discourse on Windows, you can do…

So should I run this on DigitalOcean VPS or is that outdated?

Nope, AFAIK DO is fine to run your forum on.

These are the records I have in DigitalOcean, do I need to set this up for the site to work? [image]

Trying to set up Discourse on my website

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Preeminence June 13, 2025, 8:45pm 28

Yes, but when I click “Register” the page does like a quick refresh and does nothing.

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