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Run Node server on DigitalOcean and run client on Zeit/Vercel
My intention is to run my server on a DigitalOcean droplet using a subdomain, server.mywebsite.com.
But I still want to run my client on Vercel (previously known as Zeit) at mywebsite.com.
So:
frontend -> mywebsite.com on Vercel backend -> server.mywebsite.com on DigitalOcean
Is this possible?
I tried following this post, but with no success: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-do-i-create-an-a-record-in-zeit-now-to-point-to-digital-ocean-droplet
I added my droplet’s IP address to my Vercel config as an A record and pointing to server.mywebsite.com, but when I visit server.mywebsite.com, I just get a 404 Vercel error.
The deployment could not be found on Vercel.
DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND
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Solved. There were two things I need to fix:
1. Vercel Settings I was adding
server.mywebsite.comto theArecord in Vercel instead of just the subdomain portionserver. Their UI did not make it clear that I was accidentally adding the domainserver.mywebsite.com.mywebsite.com. Also needed to add a second record,www.server. Point them both to the DigitalOcean IP.2. DigitalOcean Settings Needed to add two
Arecords in the DigitalOcean Domains settings. One forserverand one forwww.serverboth pointing to my DigitalOcean droplet IP.@jpangelle can you explain above answer? I added admin.website.com to the A record in the digital ocean. But it points to vercel.