Log in to your DigitalOcean account and go to the DigitalOcean Marketplace.
Find the ONLYOFFICE Workspace application in the Business Apps category, move the mouse button over the app and click the ‘Create Droplet’ button that appears. Alternatively, you can open the droplet details page and click the ‘Create ONLYOFFICE Workspace Droplet’ button.
In the Choose a plan section, select the plan you want to use or leave the default one. The choice depends on the amount of memory that you need to store your portal data (documents, email messages and so on). The default value of 8 GB is sufficient for running a web office.
Optionally, you may set up some other droplet parameters.
- Add block storage if necessary. Block storage allows you to add independent storage volumes that can be moved from one droplet to another within the same region.
- Change the datacenter region, if necessary. It’s recommended to select a region with a closest location.
- By default, your droplet will be available via the public IP address. If you choose a VPC network, the droplet will be able to communicate over Private IP address only with other resources in the same VPC network. It will be inaccessible from the public internet.
- Check some additional options, if necessary: enable IPv6 networking , provide user data, or enable the droplet monitoring.
In the Authentication section, select the authentication type that will be used to access your droplet. You can either specify a root password or add an SSH public key.
Create a root password to access the droplet (password authentication is a less secure way than using SSH keys). The password must correspond to the following requirements:
- At least 8 characters long
- Must contain at least 1 uppercase character (first and last characters don’t count)
- Must contain at least 1 number
- Cannot end in a number or special character
Keep your password in a safe place. You will not receive any email messages containing your droplet details and password.
Using SSH keys is a more secure way to access your created droplet than using a password. In this case, the password authentication will be disabled by default. If you want to connect to your server using an SSH key instead of a password, add a new SSH public key or use a previously added one. Private key must be stored on your local machine. To learn more how to create SSH key pairs and add the public key to a droplet, you can refer to the DigitalOcean documentation.
- If necessary, you can change the number of created droplets, change a default hostname that will be used to identify the droplet within the DigitalOcean Control Panel, add tags, or choose a project to assign the droplet to, if you have multiple projects.
- Enable your droplet backups if you want to perform automatic backups of the droplet on a weekly basis. Backups cost 20% of the droplet price.
Click the ‘Create Droplet’ button and wait while the droplet is being created. The newly created droplet will be displayed in the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
The server IP is displayed next to the droplet hostname. If you move the mouse button over the IP address, the Copy option appears. Click it to copy the IP address.