Etel Sverdlov Author
Director of Community @DigitalOcean.
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- Turning things off and on again
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How To Set Up SSH Keys
SSH keys provide a more secure method of logging into a server than using a password. With SSH keys, users can log into a server without a password. This tutorial explains how to generate, upload, and use an SSH key p... -
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How To Set Up Multiple WordPress Sites Using Multisite
In 2010, WordPress released version 3.0 of its popular content management platform. Among the many improvements included in the release, the WordPress community combined WordPress MU into the main WordPress configurat... -
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How To Install phpMyAdmin on a LEMP server
This tutorial covers the installation of phpMyAdmin on a LEMP server (as opposed to a LAMP server). phpMyAdmin is a free software to work with MySQL on the web—it provides a convenient visual front end to the capabili... -
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How To Create a New User and Grant Permissions in MySQL
MySQL is a powerful database management system used for organizing and retrieving data. This tutorial explains how to to create new MySQL users and how to grant them the appropriate permissions. -
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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…