Etel Sverdlov Author
Director of Community @DigitalOcean.
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what is the difference between datacenter region San Francisco 1 and 2?
The biggest difference between the two DCs is the availability of DigitalOcean Object Storage in SFO2. Therefore, all things being …Accepted Answer: The biggest difference between the two DCs is the availability of DigitalOcean Object Storage in SFO2. Therefore, all things being … -
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Can i get Coupons for my student ?
Sure – we’d be happy to help you out– I recommend emailing sponsorships@digitalocean.com You should also refer your students t… -
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Error establishing a database connection. How can i resolve this problem?
A similar questions was asked and answered in our Q&A here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/error-establishing-a-d… -
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How do i open my Desktop after I log in to Root server ?
The DigitalOcean servers don’t come with a desktop pre-installed. They are used and configured from the command line. You can get s… -
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Do monthly traffic limits apply when migrating?
All the traffic on server is counted within the limit. At this point, however, because DigitalOcean does not provide the user with … -
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Best Load Balancing Solution
This question was answered by @EpicCDN: Nginx works great, even better if you replace apache for nginx + php-fpm on web servers… -
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I cant update 0.7.9 to 0.8.0 in Digital Ocean
Have you tried creating your ghost blog from the 1-click image. Using that image will help you bypass a lot of the command line wor… -
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How to rename a droplet name?
You can rename the server by just clicking on the name, typing the new name, and pressing enter. :) ![renaming](http://i.imgur.... -
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Nginx as load balancer in front of ... nginx?
It’s definitely possible to set up something like that. Nginx would play a different role on the different servers that it’s set up… -
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How to set domain name registered in aws on Digital Ocean ?
Additionally, if everything is setup correctly on the DO side, it might be worth double checking for any possible typos that may pr… -
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How difficult it is to migrate entire data of website around 1TB from Amazon EC2 to Digital Ocean?
I would recommend taking a look at this tutorial series: [How to migrate to a new linux server](https://www.digitalocean.com/commun… -
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Has anyone ever used azk?
This question was answered by @marioazukiapp: Hi there, Thanks for using azk! I’m one of its creators. I’m pleased … -
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How to properly update dokku plugin.
This question was answered by @milkmedia: You just need to cd /var/lib/dokku/plugins and the plugin directory and—assuming y… -
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Discourse Setup Error - Easy setup is not so easy?
This question was answered by @jareddsmith: Checking this thread I just found, crossing fingers! [http://mdworld.nl/blog/m… -
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Digital Ocean's RoR Image setting up new project correctly?
This question was answered by @saiq918: asb, thanks for the advice. I went to the log file and found Mysql2 errors. I forgot to… -
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SFTP access for wordpress uploads
This question was answered by @sierracircle: You probably should use your regular user, and just add that user to www-data grou… -
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How can I use a relay mail server for outgoing mail only?
This question was answered by @Felice: Hey, You can use exim4 or postfix for the purpose, also use cyrus to bypass your ISP … -
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Administrator for several droplets. One admin account to log on my customer's droplets.
This question was answered by @DH4: I agree with cherwin here. If you need to have access to a client’s server, just host it fo… -
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Connection Information Wordpress
This tutorial addresses a lot of the permission issues that occur when trying to make changes or upload a file to wordpress: https:… -
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Not determines visitors IP
This question was answered by @hunky: I am not expert but I guess its due to NGINX acting as front end proxy, in which it forwa…