title: Request timeouts on DigitalOcean NGINX server blocks
body: <p>I'm getting request timeouts when I try to access any of the domains on my droplet in a browser. New droplet at DigitalOcean with Ubuntu 18.04 following Ho<a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04" rel="nofollow noreferrer">w To Set Up Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts) on Ubuntu 16.04</a> and <a href="http://libre-software.net/lemp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">How to install a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 18.04</a></p>
  
  <p>All of the domains are set up in the Networking section for my droplet.</p>
  
  <p>If I ping the domains from my Mac the domain names resolve to the correct IP address but the request times out. If I ping the domains when I'm logged in with SSH they work.</p>
  
  <p>All of the domains have server blocks set up like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>server {
      listen 80;
      listen [::]:80;
  
      root /var/www/congressbios.com/public;
      index index.html;
  
      server_name congressbios.com www.congressbios.com;
  
      location / {
          try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>There is an index.html file in the public directory of each domain root.</p>
  
  <p>Running sudo nginx -t shows success</p>
  
  <p>I've restarted nginx</p>