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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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shy rootBOT May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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then the table should be in digitalocean

shy rootBOT May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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Sorry @wheat elbow, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my supprt and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:

Perhaps try again in 15mins?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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go there to edit your dns records

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:05 AM

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ya

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should i select the first option?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:06 AM

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ok for now keep it as is

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what does the nameserver section and the dns records section look like in your namecheap

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:07 AM

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this is the table in namecheap

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thats default table.

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i didnt do any changes to it.

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this is my DO table

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so should i remove the custom domain from DO and just do what you did and setup everything in namecheap?

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by adding those A and CNAME records?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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so by searching in whois for a bit, apparently your current name servers are still at namecheap

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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i actually removed the digitalocean name servers frm namecheap

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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then go to namecheap to change the table

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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5 mins ago

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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go to that table

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edit it

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:12 AM

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Im now using Basic Namecheap DNS

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the first optoin from that dropdown list

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which table

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:13 AM

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for vercel, add

A    bigbrain.buzz     76.76.21.21

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:13 AM

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the dns table in namecheap/

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where did you find that vercel ip?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:13 AM

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that will enable your app to be viewed in https://bigbrain.buzz

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:13 AM

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noble crown where did you find that vercel ip?

vercel documentation

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:13 AM

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oh ok

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:14 AM

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actually

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:14 AM

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ok let me add that

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:14 AM

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just go to vercel dashboard

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and go to custom domain

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add custom domain

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it will tell you all the steps

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then over at digital ocean, also go to custom domain and add it

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it should also tell you all the steps

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:15 AM

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so i guess i should add another A record for my backend?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:15 AM

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no

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:15 AM

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why

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:15 AM

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actually did you go to vercel dashboard

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and add a custom domain

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let's finish that part first

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before moving to your backend

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:16 AM

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let me see

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:16 AM

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"A Record (recommended)"

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go to that tab

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ignore all options regarding nameservers

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:17 AM

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ok

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maybe takes some time to update?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:18 AM

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wheat elbow for vercel, add ``` A bigbrain.buzz 76.76.21.21 ```

oh yeah here it should be @

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not bigbrain.buzz

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show me the table after you added the record

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:18 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:18 AM

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yup

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:18 AM

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cool

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:18 AM

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try refreshing again

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it should work after a few mins

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:19 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:19 AM

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yup so bigbrain.buzz now works but www.bigbrain.buzz hasn't

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go to the table

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add the CNAME record in

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:20 AM

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k

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:20 AM

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most likely there is already a row with CNAME www though

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edit that row instead

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:21 AM

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blue checkmarks now

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ya it works

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https://www.bigbrain.buzz/

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:22 AM

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good

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let's move to the backend

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head to your DO droplet

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:22 AM

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im there

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:22 AM

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move to the section to add custom domain

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add the custom domain there

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:23 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:23 AM

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no not this one

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the part to add a custom domain to the droplet

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not to manage dns records

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:23 AM

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k one sec

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should i delete the old one?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:24 AM

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no it isn't this one

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is there something like this but for droplets?

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in the droplet settings section perhaps

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i only deployed using DO apps and not droplets so im not sure

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DO apps have build/start scripts, github integration, domain assignments and automatic https so it's easier to manage

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:26 AM

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i think its different for droplets

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the screenshot i showed earlier is how to add custom domains

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for droplets at least

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https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/dns/how-to/add-domains/

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:27 AM

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hmm this digitalocean thing is quite anti-foreign-nameservers

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in that case let's try this

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:28 AM

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noble crown

delete all of these rows

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remove the custom domain from your vercel app

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:28 AM

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https://docs.digitalocean.com/tutorials/dns-registrars/

DigitalOcean

Point to DigitalOcean Nameservers From Common Domain Registrars | D...

Instructions on how to set up DNS records with various registrars.

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go to the namecheap dropdown

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:28 AM

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and remove the dns records over at namecheap

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:28 AM

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it says to add the DO nameservers in namecheap?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:29 AM

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then we move to namecheap to move the nameservers to DO because DO hates other nameservers

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:29 AM

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you want me to do that?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:29 AM

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yes

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so we will manage the table in DO instead

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so undo all of the steps until now

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clear all tables

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:29 AM

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you want me to undo all those records in namecheap?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:29 AM

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yes

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take a screenshot or something

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and then remove them all

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we restart fresh

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:30 AM

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so basically do the exact same thing i did in namecheap and add them in DO?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:30 AM

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what is your current DO dns table? namecheap dns table?

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clear all of them

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then add the ns1.digitalocean.com stuff to namecheap

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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you sure?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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you know what

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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i rethink my decision

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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omg

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:31 AM

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have you deleted everything

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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i already started deleting

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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ok then continue

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move name servers to digitalocean

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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i can add everything bck

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wait

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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no worries just continue

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add the ns1.digitalocean.com thing to namecheap

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as you did

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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i also deleted the custom domain in DO

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im starting fresh

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:32 AM

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kek

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alright

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then readd that domain to DO

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done yet?

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:33 AM

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thats brand new dns table

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:33 AM

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yup lgtm, now follow the guide

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:34 AM

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lgtm?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:34 AM

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add the name servers to "custom dns" or something like that at namecheap

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:34 AM

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noble crown lgtm?

look good to me

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:34 AM

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ok let me add it

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one sec

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:34 AM

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should look like this and then save it

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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done

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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from this point on we will forget about namecheap and do all the domain management in digitalocean

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so go back to digitalocean

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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ya

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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what is the current dns table

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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brand new

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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screenshot it for me

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:35 AM

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the previous screenshot

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ok

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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noble crown

there is no A record here?

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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i thought there should be one by default

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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no

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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alright

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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negative

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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add the A records as in vercel case

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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only NS

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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one A and one CNAME

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exactly like we did before

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:36 AM

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like what we did earlier?

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ook

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:37 AM

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A @ <vercel-ip>
CNAME www <vercel-dns-domain>

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:38 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:39 AM

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another one for CNAME www

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CNAME tab, hostname=www, will redirect to=cname.vercel-dns.com

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:39 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:40 AM

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good

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:40 AM

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i think thats correct??

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:40 AM

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go to vercel dashboard to refresh

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are the blue checkmarks there

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:40 AM

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ya blue checkmarks everywhere

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no errs

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:40 AM

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ok can acess your website

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good

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now the backend

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what is the ip address of your droplet

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:41 AM

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143.198.33.237

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:41 AM

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add a CNAME

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CNAME api 143.198.33.237

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:41 AM

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k

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:42 AM

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done yet?

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now run something in your droplet at a port of your choice

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:42 AM

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you mean A record?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:42 AM

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no

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:42 AM

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wheat elbow ``` CNAME api 143.198.33.237 ```

have you added this CNAME?

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how does the table look like

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:42 AM

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i cant add the cname

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:43 AM

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hmm

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lemme google this

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:43 AM

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i think it should be A record

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:43 AM

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no, A is for apex, bigbrain.buzz

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not for api.bigbrain.buzz

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:44 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:44 AM

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oh wait

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yeah it should be an A

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i'm too used to vercel smh

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:44 AM

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cool

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is that it?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:44 AM

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noble crown

yep this looks correct

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now run something in the droplet

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at a port of your choice

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:45 AM

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my web server is already running

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:45 AM

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at what port

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:46 AM

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maybe it takes time for update?

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port 80?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:46 AM

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done

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congrats

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now continue building your apps

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:46 AM

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wait

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i dont ese that

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:46 AM

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if you can't access it then wait for the dns cache to be invalidated

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it should start working in maybe one hour

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1 day is i think the upper limit

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:46 AM

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wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:47 AM

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yes this should just be dns cache

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:47 AM

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let me try clearing cache one sec

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:47 AM

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if it persists until tomorrow then ping me

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otherwise this should be good to go

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:48 AM

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ok thanks dude youre awesome

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appreciate the help seriously

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ill let you know if i still have issues tomorrow

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see you

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:48 AM

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can confirm it is working on my phone too

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so 99% it's your computer's dns cache's fault

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and the remaining 7 billions people in this world can all access it

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:49 AM

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but i even tried incognito mode

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still didnt work

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even tried in chrome and ff

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let me try tor

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:50 AM

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no the cache is not browser's i think

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it is your computer's

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maybe restarting your computer will help

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:50 AM

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oh yea it works on my phone

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:50 AM

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google "clear dns cache on windows" or whatever os you are using

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How to flush DNS cache on Windows#
If you're using a Windows computer, here's how to flush the DNS cache:

Open the Command Prompt by pressing the Windows key + R, typing cmd in the Run dialog box, and pressing Enter.
Type the following command and press Enter: ipconfig /flushdns
You should see a message that says "Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache."
That's it! You have now successfully flushed the DNS cache on your Windows computer.

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:51 AM

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seems good in tor

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oh im using linux

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:51 AM

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ah linux user

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then google it but for linux

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:51 AM

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ya

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its cool

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i think its fine

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wow this is amazing

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:52 AM

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btw you got https working congrats

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shiny lock icons

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:52 AM

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ya im actually using caddy

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i configured reverse proxy in caddy. i dont even know if that was even necessary

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:52 AM

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if it works it works so...

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:53 AM

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yea im just gonna leave everything...lol

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i dont want things to start breaking again

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once again. appreciate the help

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you're amazing

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:53 AM

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assuming you don't forget to renew the domain it should keep working yeah

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next time if you want to add CNAME or A for anything

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:53 AM

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i think caddy auto renews?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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or connect your domain to an email provider or whatever

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then go to the DO domain section

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and add it there

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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that sounds complicated

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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noble crown i think caddy auto renews?

i meant the domain renewals

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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ok will do

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so for now on i manage everything inside DO

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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noble crown that sounds complicated

but you have massive@bigbrain.buzz it looks great doesnt it

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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the docs were saying to do everything in namecheap

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which was what i was doing

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:54 AM

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yes so now the DO table is your friend

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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everything is so confusing

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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just go there whenever you need to add a new subdomain or similar

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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ok i understand now

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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forget about namecheap

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turn on autorenewals and never go there again

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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so i do nothing at all with namecheap?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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yeah just ignore the dns table there

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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but didnt i add the DO nameservers there?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:55 AM

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now you manage the dns in DO

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not namecheap

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that's what i mean

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:56 AM

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i mean we added DO's name servers in namecheap remember?

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:56 AM

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yeah

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:57 AM

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before i was adding DO's and vercel's name servers on namecheap together

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im pretty sure that was wrong

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:57 AM

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what i said is, if you ever find yourself needing to add DNS config rows, like for example if google asks you to add a TXT entry, then go to DO and not namecheap for that

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as there are now two tables

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don't be confused and use the useless one

noble crown May 26, 2023, 4:58 AM

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ok got it

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holy crap dude its working

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thanks so much

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appreciate it

wheat elbow May 26, 2023, 4:58 AM

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welcome

#thats what i currently have in namecheap