Problems with subdomains

Aphex124 -Mike-

Ok, let me start off with saying that I am a complete newbie to NodeBB and Nginx, so work with me here xD

Problem: Cannot find out how to redirect the default NodeBB ip (http://localhost:4567) to my domain with GoDaddy

What is needed: Precise instructions on how to have people connect to the forums by typing in forums.sentnet.us.

Edit: Added Files
/etc/nginx/conf.d - Folder Empty
/etc/ngin/sites-available - Contains a file named 'default'
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled - Contains 2 files named 'default' and 'nodebb.conf'
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf - http://pastebin.com/tbmR6j0g
/home/aphex/NodeBB/config.json - http://pastebin.com/pwlnt2hh

If you need any more information, feel free to ask,
-Aphex

Ali

Your config.json in NodeBB folder should be like that: "url": "http://forums.sentnet.us"

Nginx config:

server { 
listen 80; 
server_name forums.sentnet.us;

location / {

proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; 
proxy_set_header Host $http_host; 
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true; 

proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/; 
proxy_redirect off; 

proxy_http_version 1.1; 
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; 
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; 
}
}

Aphex124 -Mike-

I added what my Nginx.conf looks like in the original post, and ummm... I can't find what you put in my config.

Thank you for the quick response.

Ali

Change "url":"http://localhost:4567", value in /home/aphex/NodeBB/config.json to "url":"forums.sentnet.us",

Delete default and nodebb.conf nginx configs, create a new file in sites-available called as anything then paste the config I gave above, then, sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourconfigname /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo service nginx restart

Aphex124 -Mike-

Ok, I have done what you have said... But now there is another problem.

I have setup an A record pointing to my IP, like what several tutorials for this have said, but now it just redirects me to my regular homepage. I type in forums.sentnet.us and the same webpage for sentnet.us appears.

Thanks,

Aphex

Ali

I think you have to create a CNAME for forums subdomain.

Aphex124 -Mike-

Sorry for all these questions, but do you know what to put for adding a CNAME record? I tried doing it and it still resulted in sending me to the default homepage

Ali

You can add it in your DNS settings of your domain.