I’ve setup a new Wordpress droplet, and I believe I’ve got Certbot working fine too.
However, I find that after a while (15+ minutes), if I go to the site in my browser I get a “This site can’t be reached / DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN” error in Chrome, but then it comes online after a few seconds.
I’ve checked /var/log/apache2/error.log and found the following…
[Thu Nov 25 13:42:11.305444 2021] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 846] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Thu Nov 25 13:43:48.303502 2021] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 865] AH00163: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.1.1f configured -- resuming normal operations
I’ve also used the following command to see if anything is killing Apache, but I’m getting no results…
grep -i kill /var/log/syslog | grep apache
Any help much appreciated!
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
Accepted Answer
Hi @notpatrick,
I think the issue was with your DNS. If you just changed your DNS it can take up to 48 hours for it fully propagate.
Are you experiencing the issue now? Wait for your DNS to stop propagating and see if this is still being experienced.
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and SMBs
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
The developer cloud
Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.
Get started for free
Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*
*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.