Site down?

[jamescrosswell]

I'm getting a connection refused error when trying to visit https://courses.devopsdirective.com/

Not sure if this is a regional issue (I'm based in New Zealand). Other sites like https://devopsdirective.com/ are still working fine.

[sidpalas]

Hmm... it's loading okay for me (eastern US)

[jamescrosswell]

It looks like it might be a DSN issue:

dig courses.devopsdirective.com @8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> courses.devopsdirective.com @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64506
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; OPT=65401: 24 ("$")
; OPT=65402: 34 ("4")
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;courses.devopsdirective.com.	IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
courses.devopsdirective.com. 30	IN	A	192.168.4.1

;; Query time: 12 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Sat Jun 14 18:50:45 NZST 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 109

So it's resolving 192.168.4.1 (but the 192.168.* addresses are obviously reserved).

[jamescrosswell]

OK, a bit of sleuthing - it looks like my router was providing DNS resolution and not working properly. After configuring Google's DNS servers in the settings for my WIFI card, the site is showing fine.

Definitely a me problem then - apologies for the false alarm.