nginx default shows on my custom domain name, but my DO IP shows the proper site

Hi everyone,

I’m a bit confused as to where exactly my problem lies. I have a custom domain name, which I have connected to the DO nameservers. I’m reasonably sure this is set up correctly since as the title states, when I go to that website, I get the “welcome to nginx” default page.

However, when I go to my DO droplet’s IP; http://192.241.148.5/, I can see my webapp correctly.

I suspect the problem lies with my nginx sites-available/philheijkoopsite file (that’s what I’ve called it), containing the following:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name 192.241.148.5;

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location /static/ {
        root /home/phil/mysite;
    }

    location / {
        include proxy_params;
        proxy_pass http://unix:/home/phil/mysite/philheijkoopsite.sock;
    }
}

Is the server_name not specific enough? I have checked and the .sock file has been created, gunicorn is running correctly. I’ve tried restarting nginx, none of that has changed my currently problem, anyone have any ideas?

update I have added a new rule to my sites-available/philheijkoopsite file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name .philheijkoop.com;

    return 302 $scheme://192.241.148.5;
}

Which now redirects my incoming traffic to my IP, and thus they at least get to the web app. However, this does the opposite of what I want. If I reverse the current set up in my file, ie have the url redirect to my IP, it will do that, but the IP still serves a 400 Bad Request error.