Installed a fresh droplet. Certbot gave message “Connection Refused” Domain is propagating A record on www and without. Wordpress page loads under http://ip-address, but not under domain name.
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Thanks for the answer. It was just that the domain propagation has not completed.
Hello, eleu
To use Certbot, you’ll need a registered domain name and two DNS records:
Also keep in mind that there might be a DNS propgation still in place. DNS changes might take up 24-48h in order to fully update due to ISPs DNS cache and other factors.
You can make sure that you’re not blocking requests on port 80 via your Firewall. If you have custom UFW rules this can be the case. You can quickly check this with:
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
Hi,
It’s been a while since you posted the question, are you able to connect via domain name now? May I know if you have added the domain from the SSH prompt script?
Best, Eric