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I set my dns settings in my 1&1 account to point to digital ocean servers. I set up the domain name in digitalocean and can ssh into the droplet just fine. But i have no clue where the website files need to be stored. Right now 1&1 says my webspace destination is
/kunden/homepages/{lots of numbers}/htdocs.

K, what the heck where is that? I can’t change that I can only change the directories after that like /htdcos/newNode/etc.

Any idea how to find out where it’s pointing?

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Vaielab June 29, 2016

1&1 and digitalocean and 2 very different type of host.
With 1&1, everything is shared and pre-installed on your server.
But with digitalocean, you setup the server like you want.
So to be able to host a website like on 1&1, you first need to install a webserver (apache, nginx or other), and then you will be able to upload your files

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miraclebob June 30, 2016

Thank you Valelab for the reply.
However I don’t want to host on 1&1, I bought the domain through 1&1 and want that domain to point to files on my digital ocean server. Isn’t that correct logic?
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- Vaielab June 30, 2016
  
  Yes, but you still have to install a webserver
  Here is a tutorial on how to install a webserver on digital ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu
  Of course, this is only one of many way to do it, but this one is pretty basic and should cover all your needs
  
  How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu
  by Etel Sverdlov
  This tutorial explains how to install Apache, how to install MySQL, how to change the root MySQL password, how to install PHP, and how to see what libraries are available. LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache ( the web server) , MySQL (the database), and PHP (the language). This tutorial is written for Ubuntu.
  
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miraclebob June 30, 2016

Thank you Valelab for the reply.
However I don’t want to host on 1&1, I bought the domain through 1&1 and want that domain to point to files on my digital ocean server. Isn’t that correct logic?
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- Vaielab June 30, 2016
  
  Yes, but you still have to install a webserver
  Here is a tutorial on how to install a webserver on digital ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu
  Of course, this is only one of many way to do it, but this one is pretty basic and should cover all your needs
  
  How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu
  by Etel Sverdlov
  This tutorial explains how to install Apache, how to install MySQL, how to change the root MySQL password, how to install PHP, and how to see what libraries are available. LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache ( the web server) , MySQL (the database), and PHP (the language). This tutorial is written for Ubuntu.
  
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