---
title: 数码海洋上的应用
description: A guide to setup Stacks on DigitalOcean
sidebar_position: 4
tags:
  - tutorial
---

## Introduction

This is a step by step guide to deploy the [Stacks Blockchain on DigitalOcean](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/stacks-blockchain). Code is hosted on this [Github repository](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain-docker). Code is hosted on this [Github repository](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain-docker). Code is hosted on this [Github repository](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain-docker).

## Steps

#### Step 1

Go to the [Stacks Blockchain page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/stacks-blockchain) in DigitalOcean's marketplace. Click on `Create Stacks Blockchain Droplet`. Click on `Create Stacks Blockchain Droplet`. Click on `Create Stacks Blockchain Droplet`.

#### Step 2

Choose a plan (it will only allow you to select a plan that meets the minimum requirements) and your prefered datacenter region. ![](/img/sh_digitalocean-choose-plan.png)

#### Step 3

Enter a root password or enable SSH keys if your prefer.

![](/img/sh_digitalocean-choose-authentication.png)

#### Step 4

You can leave the rest of the options as they are and click on `Create Droplet`

#### Step 5

You will need to wait a few seconds for the droplet to get created. Once created click on it to see more information. Once created click on it to see more information. Once created click on it to see more information.

![](/img/sh_digitalocean-creating-droplet.png)

![](/img/sh_digitalocean-created-droplet.png)

### Step 6

Congratulations! Congratulations! You are now running the Stacks Blockchain. Congratulations! You are now running the Stacks Blockchain. You can click on `Console` for a terminal window to open or login using SSH to the public IP you've been assigned to with user `root`. Congratulations! You are now running the Stacks Blockchain. You can click on `Console` for a terminal window to open or login using SSH to the public IP you've been assigned to with user `root`.

![](/img/sh_digitalocean-console-button.png) ![](/img/sh_digitalocean-console.png)

## Getting started after deploying Stacks Blockchain

Once droplet is launched, initial startup can take several minutes while BNS data is imported (this is a one time operation).

To keep track of the progress, you can `ssh root@your_droplet_public_ipv4` to the host and run: `/opt/stacks-blockchain-docker/manage.sh -n mainnet -a logs`.

Once the stacks blockchain starts to sync with peers, application ports will open and nginx port 80 will now start proxying requests.

Use `http://your_droplet_public_ipv4` to access the data directly, with output being similar to:

```json
{
  "server_version": "stacks-blockchain-api v3.0.3 (master:cd0c8aef)",
  "status": "ready",
  "chain_tip": {
    "block_height": 16220,
    "block_hash": "0x3123fba9c0de6b569573494cf83c1d5d198a66bfd5f48ef97949b6bf11ba13be",
    "index_block_hash": "0xeec960fbbd6186b4ccac85ce12adba72be497d881f81e077305c90955b51a6ae"
  }
}
```

All services are managed by a [systemd unit file](https://github.com/stacksfoundation/stacks-machine-images/blob/master/files/etc/systemd/system/stacks.service) that is set to start on boot.

Manual control is also possible via the [manage.sh script](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain-docker/blob/master/manage.sh) at `/opt/stacks-blockchain-docker/manage.sh` on the host.

Full details on how to use the manage.sh script is [available here](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain-docker/blob/master/README.md#quickstart).

## API Creation

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Stacks Blockchain 1-Click App via the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://digitalocean.com/docs/api).

As an example, to create a 4GB Stacks Blockchain Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You’ll need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/) to an environment variable or substitute it into the command below. As an example, to create a 4GB Stacks Blockchain Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You’ll need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/) to an environment variable or substitute it into the command below. You’ll need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/) to an environment variable or substitute it into the command below.

```bash
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
    '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"stacksfoundation-stacksblockchain"}' \
    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```
