I’ve uploaded my first django app to the web. I’m working with Ubuntu 16.04 because I have seen it has lots of documentation. I can see my web app when I type the IP Address of it on the web browser.
I purchased a domain name at GoDaddy, let’s call it ‘example.com’. I have already set the DigitalOcean DNS at my domain, following the instructions of this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-point-to-digitalocean-nameservers-from-common-domain-registrars, and have tried to link it with the IP Address.
At the end, when I type ‘example.com’ it shows me ‘Internal Server Error’, unlike the IP Address which works perfectly. I tried to add the domain name at the nginx server without success. How can I link my domain name with the IP Address?
PS: I have read that most of the people link the domain name with the IP Address before configuring everything else. Should I delete my dropplet and start it over again?
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