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Newbie cannot reach the server.

Posted on March 1, 2019

Hi,

I am new here. I have already added an A record on Google Domain DNS setting, and also open HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and ICMP ports. Now I can ping or ssh my domain, and browse by ip address successfully, but failed to browse by domain. Who can help me to solve that?

  • OS: Debian 9


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Hey friend,

It depends somewhat on the error you’re receiving. I propose that it’s just DNS propagation though. I like this explanation:

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9622/10/dns-propagation--explained

Being able to ping/ssh by domain rather than IP makes me second guess my instinct here, but I’ve seen browsers cache DNS on their own, regardless of the system OS.

Jarland

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