Create a Digital Ocean Droplet
This article will explain how we can create a Digital Ocean Droplet.
First login to your Digital Ocean Account. Then click on the Create button and select the Droplets from the list.
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Then choose your Droplet specification and click Create button in the end.
1. Choose an Image – (in my case I have selected CentOS 7.6 as the operating system)
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2. Choose a plan – (I would prefer to have a Standard and USD $5/month STARTER plan) STARTER is ideal for a Dev/Test or smaller websites and PERFORMANCE plan is ideal for a production work loads.
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3. Add backups – I have selected No as i don’t need backups but for production environments I would recommend to enable backups and this will be charged USD $1/month.
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4. Add block Storage – You can add additional volume click on the Add volume button and follow up the process.
5. Choose a datacenter region – I have selected London and you can select according to your requirement.
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6. Add your SSH Keys – If need you can generate SSH key pair and enter public key clicking on the New SSH Key button.
7. Finalize and create – Keep the droplet count as 1 as it will create only one Droplet and enter the Droplet hostname as example.com and click Create Button to start provision the Dropet.
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Overall selection is look like below.
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Few seconds after you will see the droplet has created under the Manage > Droplets section
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Now check your email and you will receive an email from Digital Ocean with server access details and credentials.
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That’ it. ?