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Why isn't my site showing up? (GoDaddy+DigitalOcean+Ubuntu+NGINX+Rails)

Posted on July 4, 2022

I set up my site around 2 years ago on DigitalOcean and everything has worked fine until recently. I checked it today and discovered that the homepage URL redirected to a bland “GoDaddy” page. After looking through my accounts I found that my domain expired recently and I re-upped my account and reobtained it. (I got a new debit card in the last year and forgot to update the payment details on GoDaddy.) I checked the name servers and they are redirecting to DigitalOcean. I checked all of the records on my droplet and they are all pointed correctly. (A records, MX records, etc.) My hosted email still works fine and when I upload code to GitHub for production it all works fine and my code correctly references the IP address for the droplet. All internal code files have not been changed and seem to be fine.

When I run the commands:

ping "sitename.com"

I get the correct response and it shows a reference to my droplet.

When I run:

host "sitename.com"

I get the correct reference to the droplet IP.

And when I run:

curl -IL "sitename.com"

I get the correct response.

The nameservers on GoDaddy are referenced:

Name Server: ns1.digitalocean.com
Name Server: ns2.digitalocean.com
Name Server: ns3.digitalocean.com

Everything seems to show that things should work. I see clear references to my droplet, URL, and IP address. What is going on here? Could it be that I just have to wait 24 hours or something for things to update? Please help.



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Hi @trevinchristian-cole,

From what I’m hearing everything is working correctly.

What I’ll recommend is to clear your browser cache or try using incognito mode to reach your website, that should be enough.

Additionally, about the 24 hours, you are correct. DNS propagation can take up to 24 hours and sometimes it does take that long.

Hello there,

You can always verify that the DNS is configured correctly using our DNS lookup tool

As mentioned the issue you’re experiencing may occur due to the browser’s or DNS cache, so you can try switching networks or using a different browser or another mobile device as well.

Regards

I am facing close to this issue. I am able to host my website. took hosting from digitalocean.com and domain from godaddy.com now when I browse I can see my website as well I can ping my website as well. But no link on mywebsite is working Can anyone help me or guide me. Thanks regards,

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