how to connect a droplet to a domain name

Hello,

On top of what has already been mentioned, I’ll share this article on How to set up Nginx virtual hosts. The article mentions an old version of Ubuntu but the process is relatively the same for Ubuntu 22.04

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04

Additionally, you can use our NginxConfig tool to generate the desired config file for your site.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/nginx

Hope that this helps!

Hey @leacards,

You need to configure your Nginx to accept your domain name. Most probably, you are using the normal configuration.

If you want to use your domain to proxy requests to your nextJS project with Nginx follow these steps:

SSH into your droplet and create a new Nginx configuration file for your domain:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mydomain.com

Replace mydomain.com with your actual domain name. Add the following configuration, adjusting the server_name and proxy_pass values accordingly:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

To enable the new configuration, create a symbolic link to it in the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mydomain.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

systemctl restart nginx

Again, you’ll need to change the domain to the domain you wish to use.

If you wish to use a standard Nginx configuration, repeat all the steps above but for the config file use this:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;
    root /var/www/mydomain.com;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
    error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}