DigitalOcean Droplet Setup

by matsjfunkeOctober 22, 2024

Configuration

choose Location, OS image, Droplet Type, CPU options

SSH setup

generate ssh-key in you terminal

bash

1cd ~/.ssh
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3ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/<project-name>
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5Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <CR> / hit enter
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to add ssh-key

bash

1cat ~/.ssh/<project-name>.pub
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copy it and paste it in DigitalOcean website and name th public key

Create Droplet

Allow incoming traffic on ports 80 and 443

on web dashboard:

go to Networking -> Firewalls -> Create Firewall -> select http & https, add droplet -> create Firewall

SSH into server

copy ip-address on DigitalOcean

bash

1ssh -i ~/.ssh/<project-name> root@<ip-address>
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File transfer / management setup

1. git

bash

1sudo apt update
2sudo apt upgrade -y
3sudo reboot
4# ssh into server again
5sudo apt install git -y
6# now generate an access token on github, done
7git clone https://<token>@github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
8git pull https://<token>@github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
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2. rsync

bash

1sudo apt update
2sudo apt upgrade -y
3sudo reboot
4# ssh into server again
5sudo apt install rsync -y
6# use rsync on your maschine to send to server
7rsync -avz /source/directory/ user@remote:/destination/directory/
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