Setup DNS for my droplet

Hey there 👋

If you’ve kept your domain on Namecheap and added an A record pointing app.mydomain.com to your Droplet’s IP, that’s generally all you need.

First, make sure the A record is actually for app and not something like www.app. Then, check that your web server, whether it’s Nginx or Apache, is properly configured to serve traffic for app.mydomain.com. If the server isn’t set up to recognize the domain, you’ll get a default page or an error.

It’s also worth running a quick DNS lookup with dig app.mydomain.com or using a tool like https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns to confirm that your record has propagated globally. Keep in mind that DNS changes can sometimes take time, and local DNS caching or browser cache might delay what you see, trying in incognito mode or flushing your DNS cache can help.

Let me know what the exact error is that you are getting.

- Bobby

Heya,

Make sure your DNS has actually propagated:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns

It sounds to me like the A record you have created for your subdomain is not actually working at all.

Heya, @sap

The DNS should have updated for the 24 hours it’s been but you can still check if all locations return the expected IP address:

https://www.whatsmydns.net/

Regards