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package for web course hosting?

Hi i was wondering if DO is suitable for course hosting platform? if so what are the recommeded droplet settings? its a startup application that i have and would like to start offerign course hosting…


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Bobby Iliev
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April 11, 2025

Hey 👋

Yes, DigitalOcean is definitely suitable for hosting a course platform.

If you’re just getting started and expect light traffic at first, a basic Droplet with 2 vCPUs and 2GB RAM is a good starting point. Something like the s-2vcpu-2gb or a Basic App Platform instance if you’re going the PaaS route:

https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform

You can always scale up as your traffic grows, that’s one of the nice things about using DigitalOcean.

Also, here’s a handy guide for choosing the right plan based on your needs:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/

Let me know if you have any questions.

- Bobby

alexdo
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April 14, 2025

Hello, @boristkachev

Absolutely, you can manage and host your course platform. You can always start with a smaller droplet size and upgrade in the future if the platform requires greater resources

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/

Regards

thank you

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