DigitalOcean – what is a Droplet and what can you do with one?

Your own VIRTUAL COMPUTER, always online.

With DigitalOcean you can host as many websites as you like – WordPress, Html or whatever you like. I have 7 hosted on mine right now, and am adding more all the time. Here is a reference to the tutorials I use the most, which can give you an idea of how easy it is – just copy and paste.

  1. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lamp-on-ubuntu-16-04
  2. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-point-to-digitalocean-nameservers-from-common-domain-registrars
  3. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04
  4. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04

File Server

With the basic $5 per month contract you get 25 GB of storage. It’s really easy to set up file hosting, an alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox that you control. NextCloud is a great way to replace Dropbox, and many other services as well.

It’s a real computer

Install a graphical interface on your Droplet and do work there as if you were at a real desktop. Check out x2go project. There really isn’t a limit. DigitalOcean offers a range of powerful options which will put your home laptop to shame.

Learn Cloud Computing

Loads of computing is going online. Learn JavaScript or PHP using your own server, ssh and all those Linux Sysadmin, Bash, Java and C++, or Python and Machine Learning. The possibilities are limitless.

Get DigitalOcean now for free

I hope the above gives you an idea of the possibilities. If you like doing things for yourself, and saving a ton of money by doing so, you need DigitalOcean. I am giving you a chance to try it out for free:

TRY DIGITALOCEAN FOR FREE, FOR 60 DAYS, AND 100 DOLLARS CREDIT ON THIS GREAT PLATFORM. JUST CHECK IT OUT, NO OBLIGATION, CANCEL AFTER THE TRIAL IF YOU WANT!