I can't connect to my droplet ip address

Question

this is my droplet ip address => 104.248.70.243
I’ve checked my pm2 status saying it’s online
when I try with my port num like this 104.248.70.243:3005 then I can connect to my site…

I’m guessing it’s either a proxy problem or my ufw rules problem??

Answer 1

bobbyiliev October 24, 2019

Hello,

I’ve tested the connection and I am able to connect:

# telnet 104.248.70.243 3005

Trying 104.248.70.243...
Connected to 104.248.70.243.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]

Are you still experiencing the problem? If so maybe the 3005 is closed on your local network for outgoing TCP traffic.

Regards,
Bobby

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anhayzzing33 October 25, 2019

Thank you so much for answering Bobby!
my goal is to connect my site to my domain name

digital ocean dns records look like ——

type	value	hostname
A	104.248.70.243	ilgiyourpixels.com
A	104.248.70.243	www.ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns1.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns2.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns3.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com

godaddy nameservers———–

ns1.digitalocean.com
ns2.digitalocean.com
ns3.digitalocean.com

This was not working for me at all
so I thought the fact that I get “welcome to nginx page” if I type http://104.248.70.243 was the thing that was causing the problem.

Am I supposed to get nginx page when I go without 3005 port?
If there’s nothing wrong with my connection, why am I not being able to connect my domain name?

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bobbyiliev October 26, 2019

Hi @anhayzzing33

It looks like that your DNS records are setup correctly. I can see the Nginx welcome page when I visit your site. Note that it usually takes between 1 and 72 hours for the DNS cache to clear over the Globe before you could see your new DNS records.

If you would like to see your application when you visit your domain name without having to add the :3005 port at the end, what you need to do is setup Nginx as a reverse proxy. You can follow the steps on how to do that here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-ubuntu-16-04#set-up-nginx-as-a-reverse-proxy-server

You only need to follow the Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy Server steps and adjust the port to 3005 so that it matches your setup.

Hope that this helps!
Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Bobby

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04
by Brennen Bearnes
Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime environment for easily building server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications can be run at the command line but this guide focuses on running them as a service using PM2, so that they will automatically restart on reboot or failure, and can safely be used in a production environment.
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anhayzzing33 October 25, 2019

Thank you so much for answering Bobby!
my goal is to connect my site to my domain name

digital ocean dns records look like ——

type	value	hostname
A	104.248.70.243	ilgiyourpixels.com
A	104.248.70.243	www.ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns1.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns2.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com
NS	ns3.digitalocean.com.	ilgiyourpixels.com

godaddy nameservers———–

ns1.digitalocean.com
ns2.digitalocean.com
ns3.digitalocean.com

This was not working for me at all
so I thought the fact that I get “welcome to nginx page” if I type http://104.248.70.243 was the thing that was causing the problem.

Am I supposed to get nginx page when I go without 3005 port?
If there’s nothing wrong with my connection, why am I not being able to connect my domain name?

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bobbyiliev October 26, 2019

Hi @anhayzzing33

It looks like that your DNS records are setup correctly. I can see the Nginx welcome page when I visit your site. Note that it usually takes between 1 and 72 hours for the DNS cache to clear over the Globe before you could see your new DNS records.

If you would like to see your application when you visit your domain name without having to add the :3005 port at the end, what you need to do is setup Nginx as a reverse proxy. You can follow the steps on how to do that here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-ubuntu-16-04#set-up-nginx-as-a-reverse-proxy-server

You only need to follow the Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy Server steps and adjust the port to 3005 so that it matches your setup.

Hope that this helps!
Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Bobby

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04
by Brennen Bearnes
Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime environment for easily building server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications can be run at the command line but this guide focuses on running them as a service using PM2, so that they will automatically restart on reboot or failure, and can safely be used in a production environment.
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