How to crate a server (VPS-Droplet) on Digitalocean • Low cost VPS

In this story I’ll tell you how to create a server on DigitalOcean, one of the best server providers in the world. You’ll also earn free $100 Digitalocean credits when you sign up by following the steps in this story. Let’s start if you’re ready!

How to create a droplet (VPS) on DigitalOcean Step by Step Guide — How to win Digital Ocean coupon

Step 1:

Click on this here to go to DigitalOcean’s official website. (To earn $100 Digitalocean coupon you need to click on my referral link. If you want to continue in a different browser, please click this link again.)

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Step 2:

To complete the registration process and to create a server, you need to confirm your email address. Please check your inbox and confirm your account.

Digitalocean VPS: Confirm Your Email

Once you have confirmed your email address, you must specify a payment method to pay for server charges. At this stage you will not be charged any fee. (1 dollar is taken to confirm your card, then it will be returned to you.)

Step 3:

Once you’ve set a payment method for your account, you can now create a VPS! Click the “Create a new droplet” button and proceed to the steps of creating a new server.

Create a new droplet button

Step 4:

Now it is time to answer the question of how to create a server on Digitalocean. After clicking the button, you will find all the steps on the page you are on.

Step 4-a:

In this step, you need to choose which operating system you want to use on your server. You can select the desired versions of popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Centos, Debian. By clicking on the “Marketplace” button at the top, you can install the ready softwares on your server with a click. For example: WordPress, Discourse, Ghost, OpenVPN etc. I want to create a clean server that we can install the software we want later. For this I’m choosing Ubuntu 18.04 x64.

Choose an image

Step 4-b:

In this step we will choose a size for our server. We can also see how much we pay for our new server. If you’re thinking of creating a blog for yourself on this server or using it for your small business, the $5 package will be more than enough for you. Most hosting companies have dozens of sites on similar servers. If you have a bigger project and you think this plan will be insufficient for you, you can choose a different plan.

Choose a plan

Step 4-c:

In this step, we can select a backup for the server we created on Digitalocean. We can back up our server on a low cost (20% of server plan) on a weekly basis. I would definitely recommend this. You can also add extra disk space for your server in this step.

Add backups and block storage

Step 4-d:

We will choose the server location in the current step. In this step, it is usually the right method to choose the location closest to you.

Choose a datacenter

Step 4-e:

Here you can specify additional options for the server. I recommend selecting “Monitoring”. You can also add an SSH key if you want to connect to the server using SSH.

Additionals

Step 4-f:

Finalize and create your server: We came to the last step of creating a server on Digitalocean. After giving a name to your server (not important), you can create your first server by clicking “create” button. Within minutes you will be ready to use your new server.

Create your droplet

Here you can find a quick view of all these operations:

How to connect your Digitalocean server

You will receive an email from Digitalocean after your server has been installed. This email will give you all the information about your server.

Digitalocean email

Step 1:

You need to connect to your server with a Linux terminal. For this we will use the free program “Putty”. Click here to download Putty.

Step 2:

Open Putty after you download it. Type the IP address of your server in the IP address field as you see in the image below. Then go to the “Window> Selection” tab on the right. And select the “Windows” option on the page that opens. This will allow you to use the right click on the terminal. Finally click on the “Open” button and connect to the server.

Putty

Step 3:

A security warning will appear after clicking the Open button. Proceed by clicking “Yes”. In the last step, the first connection with the server will occur and you will be prompted to log in as root and change your password.

That’s it! We now have a Digitalocean server! Don’t forget to comment and claps!

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