Can see site via domain name but not via IP Address

So I've created my first server using Forge on Digital Ocean and I changed my DNS settings for my domain. I can see my site using my domain name, but when I go directly to the IP Address (82.196.9.234) I only see a 404 not found. Not sure if this matters ofcourse since my site works, but I was wondering why this is. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks :)

pmall

9 years ago

Best Answer

Level 56

This is perfectly normal your virtual host is configured to respond to requests with your domain name as hostname.

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