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My droplet IP is getting blocked for being "unknown"

Posted February 5, 2020 212 views
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I set up Droppy on an Ubuntu 19.10 server to store and access files through an interface. It loads the website when I go on port 8989 (123.123.123:8989), however it gets blocked by Lightspeed Systems only at my school for being “unknown”. Do I need to buy a domain or add an ssl certificate for it to be trusted? How would I access my own server on a network with a strict firewall?

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AHA February 5, 2020

@usernameunlocked I would bet your first intuition around needing a domain name is correct.

I’d recommend:

  1. Buy a domain name (NameCheap has a bunch of the new extensions for as cheap as $2.88/yr)
  2. Point it to DO nameservers
  3. Add the domain in control panel and point it at the Droplet
  4. Use nginx as a reverse proxy on your Droplet so you can map HTTP ports to your internal service’ port 8989 (just in case your school is blocking requests that use non-standard ports)
  5. I doubt it is the cause of the block, but you could also setup Let’s Encrypt to get HTTPS for free

Hope that helps.

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