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Please my Region is not listed and what is hostname?
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Check out How To Create Your First DigitalOcean Droplet Virtual Server.
I recommend choosing the region that is the closest to you so you don’t suffer from high latency and “slow” connections.
Keep in mind that a Droplet is an unmanaged linux server, which means you are responsible for maintaining and securing your droplet. I would suggest reading some articles/tutorials on Linux basics:
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