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Instance owners, how did you get your servers online? [REPOST] (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by dawnslayer@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I created my community using Sharkey, and I didn’t want to bother the service maintainers any more than I already have, so I’m reaching out here for help. 😂

How did you get your servers online? I manage my domain through Cloudflare, and I tried setting up a tunnel to access my instance. The server is online, and I can access the admin panel via an IP address, but I get an error when I type in the domain via my browser (Firefox). Cloudflare users, I could really use your help!

EDIT: Nevermind! Everything’s working guys!

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[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

What error do you get, for a start?

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Browser just says that the domain can’t load, it will also show up as blank webpage. This would happen with other browsers too. As said before, I can access the server’s admin panel just fine, I just want to make sure that everyone else can see my instance too.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Do you have DNS A records pointing to the right place?

`dig whateveryourdomain.tld' and find out.

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it does!

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Then you might have a security group issue with Cloudflare. Gotta check that out and make sure it's open.

[-] cron@feddit.org -1 points 2 years ago

The DNS record must point to cloudflare, not the instance IP

[-] gregor@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 years ago

What was the issue? Might want to post it for future reference.

[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 points 2 years ago

I also have my domain with cloudflare, try checking the DNS menu there and create an A level record pointing to your server's public ip address

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I will try this when I can and let you know!

[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 points 2 years ago

Please do! Good luck!

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