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I have set up a VPS with Apache web server, and installed Let's Encrypt for the website.

However, when the site is loaded without the www. it goes to the default page from the domain registrar. The website loads correctly if it is included.

I will include my DNS settings below also.

Here are the two links to see the problem live

www.magiccompetitions.com

magiccompetitions.com

Image of DNS Settings on Domain Registrar

I have a feeling this is a problem with my DNS settings. However fail to see where the downfall is.

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You have duplicate entries for ORIGIN @ (load balancing method called Round-robin DNS):

magiccompetitions.com.     14400  IN     A     67.209.116.138
magiccompetitions.com.     14400  IN     A     94.136.40.51

whereas the subdomain www only has one:

www.magiccompetitions.com. 14400  IN     A     67.209.116.138

This means that it works for everyone who gets the IP 67.209.116.138 of your VPS, but shows the placeholder page for everyone who gets the 94.136.40.51, instead.

Remove the line with @ A 94.136.40.51, and you might also want to remove the * A 94.136.40.51 in order to stop promoting your registrar with every non-existent subdomain like http://wildcard.magiccompetitions.com/

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  • Also, remove those CNAME records; they doesn't seem effective, but the naked domain shouldn't have CNAME records as they replace any other record types, including NS records.
    – Esa Jokinen
    Jul 11, 2019 at 14:38
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I get to see your website with both links. One encrypted and the other not but that's not the issue you describe. Maybe you just set the DNS entries and they have not been promoted to the DNS your location is using, yet... Might take a while.

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