- #INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET HOW TO#
- #INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET INSTALL#
- #INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET UPDATE#
- #INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET PASSWORD#
Quick-start Page from Domain Step 5: Install Ghost Software on Digital Ocean Just make sure you see the following page before proceeding. This normally updates in no more than 30 minutes or even faster than that BUT sometimes the propagation of DNS records might take a few hours (or even up to 48hrs) depending on the registrar, so don't worry if you don't see the page immediately. Once that's done, try opening your domain name in the browser, you should be able to see the same page you saw when you used the IP address. See the photo below.the first screenshot is before adding the record, the second after the A record has been update.
#INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET HOW TO#
In general that is how you add the records but mind you that different registrars might have slightly different names or convention on how to add them.
#INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET UPDATE#
We need to add record, The type is A record, In the name field we need to add this symbol the symbol points to the domain name which for us is and in the IPv4 address field or sometimes referred to as content is where I will update by putting the IP address of the droplet which is 164.90.151.13 On our side we use Cloudflare, the interface might be a bit different on your domain registrar. For example our domain name is, we go to A-record and point it to the IP address of the Ghost droplet (The IP address can be seen on your Digital Ocean droplet). Go to to the DNS settings of your domain and change the A record to point to the IP address of your Ghost droplet. A domain registrar can be, Name Cheap, or whichever service you used. Upon adding the domain name, you should see the DNS records just as below: Digital Ocean DNS RecordsĪfter seeing those DNS records on Digital Ocean, now you'll need to visit your domain registrar and change a few settings there. In the page that follows, enter your domain name e.g and click the 'Add Domain' button. If you see that page, you can go ahead and connect Ghost droplet with your domain which you already got in the Getting Started step above.īack to your droplet name under Resources tab, you will see three dots to the very right, click them and select ' add a domain' option. If you don't see the above page that means your Ghost droplet might not have been set correctly. Hover over the IP address to copy it, then paste it on a new tab and make sure you see this: Droplet Quick-start Page In your droplet you'll see an IP address. Once you have created your droplet, under Resources tab you will see your droplet. Finalize and Create Droplet Step 4: Connect Domain with Ghost Droplet We want to keep our budget at $5 a month so no need to enable backups.
Pick a name for your droplet, confirm if all options are just as you want them to be, you might need to add tags for your droplet or name/select a project to assign your droplet to. Alternatively, you can pick a SSH keys option. Note down your password, Digital Ocean won't email you the password.
#INSTALL SPICEWORKS ON DIGITAL OCEAN DROPLET PASSWORD#
Digital Ocean Data Center RegionsĬreate a root password for your droplet. Pick a data center region close to where you think most of your readers will be. Leave the rest as they are unless you know exactly what you want. Most of the other configuration for your blog are optional. To check if the domain name of your preference exist, use the text box below:Īfter picking our pricing plan, there are a few other configuration we have to select. Not to mention Name Cheap and pricing are pretty competitive compared to other providers. But if you don't we recommend you try out Name Cheap or, we have used both of these registrars and we were satisfied with their services. You can skip this step if you already have a domain name. The first step in setting up our Ghost blog will be getting a domain. We have used Digital Ocean ourselves and it's what powers Monalidor Blog Getting Started I am sure there are other hosting options for Ghost but today we are going to focus on Digital Ocean. Hence the writing of this blog post, how do you get cheap or affordable Ghost hosting. On the other hand the pricing plans might be a bit expensive for some people. One big advantage of using Ghost on their own platform is that you wouldn't have to worry about installing the software yourself. One is by signing up under their paid plans (see photo below). We have got two choices if we want to use Ghost. Since its initial release in 2013, It has gained popularity because of its simple and beautiful UI that focuses on writing.įor new comers Ghost might pause some challenges on getting started. For those who don't know, Ghost is one of the most growing blogging platform out there.