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New droplet in users account based on custom image

Posted September 3, 2020 130 views
LAMP StackConfiguration ManagementOne-Click Install AppsDeployment

I’d like users on my website to be able to click a link and be taken to the Digital Ocean site (where they register or login), pay for and confirm a new droplet based on a custom image I’ve created, then return back to my site the IP address.

During the flow above they should set their own SSH pw as it’s their new droplet from my image in their account.

I’d like the droplet to be the LAMP stack plus run some extra shell commands to top up the setup. Would also like to have this as infrastructure as code, ie via YAML or similar so is transparent and easily updatable.

What would be the best way of achieving this?

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johngannon September 3, 2020

Hi! Thanks for the question. Best place to get started is marketplace.digitalocean.com/vendors. If you’re most interested in the technical aspects of how to build an app to make it Marketplace ready, you can visit https://github.com/digitalocean/marketplace-partners. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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bobbyiliev September 3, 2020

Hi there @mattpass,

Yes, indeed I fully agree with @johngannon that the Marketplace is a great way to go, as your users will be able to install your image with just a click of a button.

Another option would be to use “user data” as described here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/provide-user-data/

That way you would have to create 1 script and ask your users to add it to the user data filed during the Droplet creation process. That would cover your requirement for the process to be transparent and easily updatable.

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Bobby

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mattpass September 3, 2020

Thanks for the answers, I’d agree being a vendor on the marketplace is the way to go. So, earlier today I sent a vendor application and next steps are a call to discuss further.

Re the user-data option, that would totally work, but want to avoid the user needing to copy & paste anything, for a more seamless flow.

My biggest question is how to keep the image up to date to ensure the user always has the freshest start. Guess it’s best to base my image on the LAMP image, let it remain set in time but the extra commands ran include apt-get update && apt-get upgrade?

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