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Hello,

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i run a Mastodon instance under a domain that is pre-setup by a Hoster, but i want full control so i bought a own VPN and setup mastodon after a Tutorial (https://zap-hosting.com/guides/docs/vserver-linux-mastodon/) it worked like a charm, but...

i cant Configure the Webserver, domain and Certbot to my Domain because i first want to make sure the Mastodon Instance is perfectly working under my IP before i set it up with the Domain and replace my old Server

How do you do that? i started all Services but my IP still only shows a 403 Forbidden Error...

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[โ€“] fruey@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Use a temporary domain from a service like afraid.org, or use a subdomain. I doubt IP address will work