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Obtain the server

Digital Ocean offers servers, called droplets.

Required inputs

• domain email address
• debit card
• name
• address

Instruction set

• Create a Digital Ocean account.
  • Input the domain email address.
  • Click the link in the verification email from Digital Ocean.
  • Input debit card, name, and address to verify identity.
• Create a new project, hereinafter called the project.
  • Set name to domain.
  • Create project.
• Obtain the server (create a droplet).
  • Select the Region closest to the expected payers.
  • Set image to Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS) x64.
  • Set Droplet Type to Basic Shared CPU.
  • Set CPU Options to Regular (Disk Type SSD).
    • 4 GB RAM, 2 CPUs, 80 GB SSD Disk, and 4 TB Transfer is standard.
  • Set Authentication Method to Password; SSH Key may be created later.
    • Set password.
  • Optionally Add improved metrics monitoring and alerting; if added, assume that Digital Ocean also has access to this information.
  • Set Hostname to the name of the domain, hypen, 1 (e.g. domain-1).
  • Set Project to the project.
  • Create the droplet.