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Tech talk
What happens when you decide to create a droplet on DigitalOcean — from taking an API request to a droplet you can reach via SSH. Peek under the hood to see what it’s like to operate infrastructure at scale.
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Neal Shrader
Microservices
Networking
Tech Talks
deploy 2020
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Tech talk
DigitalOcean Droplets have quietly evolved into a robust compute platform suitable for both business and personal applications. Explore the modern Droplet and all that it can do, and learn about sizing, scaling, savin...
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Ryan Pollock
deploy 2020
Tech Talks
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
Hi
I tried to create a droplet, I went with the default settings, I picked an SSH key.
I then logged into it fine with the SSH key I picked.
I then created a new user.
```
$adduser bob<ENTER>
$su bob<ENTER>
```
That w...
Accepted Answer:
got it had to do the passwd command and set a password for root.
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userdo
Ubuntu
DigitalOcean Droplets
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I'm now trying to deploy my app using droplet. Is that okay to put all of environment variables(i.e. dbpassword) in .env file because i'm the only one who can access to my server with ssh and passphrase?
Or is there a...
Accepted Answer:
Hi there @pajaritomoyqi,
Yes, as long as the .env file is not accessible via the web it should be OK.
You just need to keep in mind that you should never add the .env file to your GitHub repository.
Regards,
Bobby
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pajaritomoyqi
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
Good day to all. Having a 8 vCPUS with 16Gb Ram and 320SSD with some projects hosted in there I Would like to know if there is a possibility to instal and configure an OSRM server in the same Droplet as my other proje...
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Hi @hfsventura,
I've never used OSRM but after reading about it, it seems it might be more suitable to be hosted on a separate droplet just to avoid issues with the other applications you have on your droplet.
Having...
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hfsventura
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
Greetings everyone,
I'm having a trouble utilizing MongoDB Compass to connect to my MongoDB Droplet, I simply can't figure what fields I need to fill out to successfully connect to it.
Any help would be greatly appr...
Accepted Answer:
Nevermind, I figured it out.
For MongoDB Compass users (Jan 2021), you need to go to:
-Fill in connection fields individually
-Select the More Options tab
-Under the options of SSH tunnel, select Use Password
-Your ...
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kzmaster2020
MongoDB
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Hi Every one,
Kindly i have a droplet that i run my mobile app API backend on using (Laravel-Lumen + MYSQL DB) i need to update some of my API functions + run new migrations on the database, just wanna make sure that ...
Accepted Answer:
Hello @Appsdev85
I always before a backup before running large Laravel migrations so good thinking.
So the snapshot will do a full backup (https://snapshooter.io) of the server which will cover the application code ...
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Appsdev85
Backups
MySQL
DigitalOcean Droplets
Laravel
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I have one droplet and I want to run it smoother as possible and that is why I consider adding a load-balancer.
But I was wondering whether it is necessary because it can't distribute the traffic.
And an extra quest...
Accepted Answer:
Hi there @wenuka,
Indeed having a load balancer with 1 Droplet only would not really add much of a benefit to your setup.
However, adding a second Droplet and a Load Balancer would be a robust solution:
Loadbalancing ...
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Stallion
Load Balancing
DigitalOcean Managed Load Balancers
DigitalOcean Droplets
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I managed to reach the point "Starting ghost":
```
Downloading and installing Ghost v3.40.2
✔ Finishing install process
? Enter your blog URL: https://congral.tech
✔ Configuring Ghost
✔ Setting up instance
+ sudo use...
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@bobbyiliev thanks for this follow-up, as I am happy to explain:
My answer to the question: ? Enter your blog URL: https://congral.tech was the problem. The correct answer is ? Enter your blog URL: https://blog.congra...
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nikolajivancicShark
Ghost
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Are there any benchmarks comparing DigitalOcean's CPU-Optimized droplets against AWS c6g instances?
I'm working on a multiplayer game, and the game server I'm writing is very CPU-heavy, however it benefits from multip...
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Hi there @rerdos,
I've not seen an official benchmark test and I've not done such a benchmark test myself but here is one that I found after quick research:
https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/compare/doceanvsec2
According ...
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rerdos
DigitalOcean Droplets
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I do understand CPU throttling exists on non-dedicated CPU droplets, since each of those droplets share physical hardware with other droplets, and constant 100% CPU use would degrade the service quality for other user...
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With CPU optimized cores each core is assigned to a droplet and is 100% allocated to that droplet so you can use 100% of the cores that are associated with it. There is no throttling.
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rerdos
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
I need to activate my e-shop gmail address in order to finalize the order and sending/receiving messages.
I can not open port 25,465,587. I have removed the firewall but still unable to open these ports ( was able to...
Accepted Answer:
Dear CobaDisini,
Problem solved, was spam problem.
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thanosioannidiss
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
I have followed every guide to disable ipv6 and yet after EVERY reboot I am still seeing it enabled. How do I disable it?
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 0
Accepted Answer:
Looks like /etc/default/grub.d/50-cloudimg-settings.cfg overrides the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 ipv6.disable=1" line. So set it in that file and then run update-grub.
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clemenko
DigitalOcean Droplets
Ubuntu 20.04
IPv6
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Is there a way to install large pip packages on basic droplet instances.
There seems like some process which anneals the network bandwith after 700mbs and evantually kills pip - preventing the package from installing....
Accepted Answer:
Hi there @iainondigitalocean,
It sounds like that you are running out of RAM, what you could do is to add a SWAP file so that you could have some extra buffer:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-a...
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iainondigitalocean
Python
DigitalOcean Droplets
Ubuntu 20.04
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Cloudflare DNS Setting
Domain abc.com
A @ 111.111.111.111
A qwe 111.111.111.111
CNAME www abc.com
Domain qwe.com
CNAME qwe.com qwe.abc.com
CNAME www qw...
Accepted Answer:
after few check..
the problem is i didn't add addon-domain qwe.com
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yggitteam
DigitalOcean Droplets
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Question
So I just make 2 droplets but after I make it I just lost RSA private key by accident (I don't know how it happen) so I just let 2 droplets run for like 10 minutes and figuring out what to do. Then I destroy the dropl...
Accepted Answer:
Hello @monPE26715,
Thanks so much for the question, here is how our billing works:
At the end of each calendar month, we calculate the cost of your server based on the size of your droplet. All droplets are billed at...
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monPE26715
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Droplets
Billing
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With the announcement that Centos is moving to Centos Stream, and support for Centos 8 will end in 2021, is there a safe way to migrate the files (webserver, sql server) to a different OS. The goal is to move from Ce...
Accepted Answer:
You can also run the following three commands (as root) and migrate your server to CentOS Stream:
dnf -y install centos-release-stream
dnf -y swap centos-{linux,stream}-repos
dnf -y distro-sync
That's it.
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mywritingblock
CentOS 8
Debian 10
DigitalOcean Droplets
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There is no information sent to the email or in the droplet about the admin login details as I created WordPress Installation with open lite speed WordPress but how I get admin login details?
Where to find it? to acce...
Accepted Answer:
Hi there @shellaaaron12038,
Once you complete the server setup, you need to SSH (https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/) to the Droplet and follow the prompt. After doing that, you can vis...
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shellaaaron12038
OpenLiteSpeed WordPress 1-Click
DigitalOcean Droplets
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I was just wondering what are the ramifications around running a crypto full node on the cloud providers ? ( I am okay to bear the huge bill )
Are there any restrictions ? Something like only people from europe are al...
Accepted Answer:
Hi there,
Yes, it looks like that mining any cryptocurrency, including but not limited to BitCoin or any similar currency, without explicit written permission.
For more information, you can take a look at this post he...
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pathbreakers6
DigitalOcean Droplets
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I have an existing app hosted on a DO droplet that I would like to assign a FloatingIP to. I want to know if it is possible to repurpose the currently assigned droplet IP address to be used as the FloatingIP address? ...
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Hello,
In general, the moment you create a Droplet, you will be assigned an Static IPv4 address automatically. Similarly, when you destroy the Droplet, the IP address will be disassociated and will join the IP pool ta...
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cosmo
DigitalOcean Droplets
Networking