By ken30021
For me restoring my snapshot was not intuitive and I did not find a step by step procedure, so I am writing this in the hope that it may help someone else.
Create
Droplet Hostname
The name of the droplet should be the same as the original one.
###Select Size Size can be changed.
###Select Region Region can be changed.
###Available Settings Modify as needed.
###Select Image Click “My Snapshots” and select the snapshot to restore.
###Add SSH Keys If the original droplet had an SSH Key then you need to select the same SSH-Key upon creation. The reason is that Putty on your desktop has the original corresponding Private Key.
###Note You may get lucky and be assigned the same IP Address, if not you will have to change it where appropriate (Putty, DNS etc…)
###Create Droplet Happy Coding :)
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