I am a newbie. I Have created a domain name registered it with my DigitalOcean droplet and I can ping it ok. But When i try to connect with my browser I just get the problem loading page screen. am i missing something or is it still a matter of waiting?
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This question was answered by @bssmithies:
I have cracked it now! I had to reinstall apache and everything is fine now. many many thanks for all your help!
This question was answered by @gndo:
@bssmithies - You’re probably using ufw, so verify that it is active and which ports are enabled (at least your ssh port, port 22, should be open since you can ssh in)
# look for Status: active, and ports 80/tcp and 443/tcp ufw status # if you don't see 80/tcp or 443/tcp, add them ufw allow 80/tcp ## port 443 is where https requests goes ufw allow 443/tcp[Edit: oops, this should have gone in the answer section]
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