This case records how I restored fichil.com from a basic server reachability failure to a working Hugo site served by Nginx.

Problem

The browser returned ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. This usually means the domain resolved to the server, but nothing was accepting traffic on the expected port.

For this …

Background

I built fichil.com for a simple reason: I wanted my own technical blog to record development work, deployment notes, troubleshooting steps, and open-source progress.

As the site grew, keeping it only as files on a server was not enough. I needed the source code, content, deployment steps, …