How to upload an assetlinks.json file to my Discourse 1-Click Droplet

Heya,

Just came across this answer and decided to write some general guidelines for anyone who comes across this in the future despite the old question.

To put the assetlinks.json file at that location, you’ll need to access your droplet and create the file in the corresponding directory. If the directory does not exist, you should create it. You can follow these general steps:

1. Access your droplet via SSH.
2. Change the directory to the root of your Discourse forum. If your site is in a path like /var/www/discourse, you would use the command: cd /var/www/discourse.
3. To create the .well-known directory, you would use the command: mkdir .well-known. Please note the ‘.’ before ‘well-known’ which signifies a hidden directory.
4. Navigate into the .well-known directory using: cd .well-known.
5. Now you can create the assetlinks.json file here and modify it as required.

The process of creating and modifying a file can be done with an editor like nano or vim, for example:

nano assetlinks.json

Then paste in the content of your file. Save and close the file.

I’d recommend reading our guide on basic Linux commands to understand how you can navigate and operate within your droplet:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/basic-linux-navigation-and-file-management

Please note that paths and commands may vary slightly depending on the configuration and setup of your server.

Hope that this helps!