<commit_before>---
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title: Creating your machine on the cloud with Digital Ocean
date: 2021-04-21 19:48:25 -0300
image: "/images/tutorial.png"
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description: A step-by-step guide to create an instance (Droplet) at Digital Ocean
tags:
- droplet
- ssh
- digital ocean
- cloud
- english
- tutorial

---
This post is a step-by-step on how to create a cloud instance on Digital Ocean.

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## Get acquainted with Digital Ocean

So Digital Ocean (DO) provides a range of solutions in cloud computing. My favorite one is called [Droplets](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/). Droplets are a virtual machine that you can use for pretty much anything, and I love to use them as a powerful computer when I have limited power available. Still, it is also a pretty neat choice for those who want to code from anywhere, even from mobile devices.

There is a wide range of operating systems to chose from, and it is pretty straightforward to begin with, so whenever I need some cloud computing, I think of Digital Ocean as the first choice.

## Create the droplet

The first thing you’ll need to do is create your account on DO. To do this, you must [access their website](https://digitalocean.com) and sign up using the form already available on the landing page:

![Welcome page from Digital Ocean](https://i.imgur.com/fMY3yXz.jpg)

After that, you’ll be taken to your dashboard, where you’ll see all the solutions available, and you should click on the `Droplets` option on the menu on the left-hand side, and this will take you to the page where you can see a list of your current droplets:

![droplets list on dashboard](https://i.imgur.com/fKpV2pK.jpg)

As you can see in the above image, I already have a droplet there called `jtemporal` and I can also create a new one by clicking the `Create droplet` button on the top left corner, and this will take you to a page where you can choose the configuration you want for your droplet.

The first thing you need to choose, is the operational system:

![OS options](https://i.imgur.com/NsgOBze.jpg)

Then you have to pick a payment plan:<commit_msg>Update from Forestry.io Jessica Temporal updated _posts/2021-04-21-creating-vm-droplet-digital-ocean.md<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: Creating your machine on the cloud with Digital Ocean
date: 2021-04-21 19:48:25 -0300
image: "/images/tutorial.png"
comments: true
description: A step-by-step guide to create an instance (Droplet) at Digital Ocean
tags:
- droplet
- ssh
- digital ocean
- cloud
- english
- tutorial

---
This post is a step-by-step on how to create a cloud instance on Digital Ocean.

<center> <img alt="video of michelle obama saying now let's get this done" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/lRXMa7BOWsdcF3NxTA/giphy.gif"> <br> </center>

## Get acquainted with Digital Ocean

So Digital Ocean (DO) provides a range of solutions in cloud computing. My favorite one is called [Droplets](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/). Droplets are a virtual machine that you can use for pretty much anything, and I love to use them as a powerful computer when I have limited power available. Still, it is also a pretty neat choice for those who want to code from anywhere, even from mobile devices.

There is a wide range of operating systems to chose from, and it is pretty straightforward to begin with, so whenever I need some cloud computing, I think of Digital Ocean as the first choice.

## Create the droplet

The first thing you’ll need to do is create your account on DO. To do this, you must [access their website](https://digitalocean.com) and sign up using the form already available on the landing page:

![Welcome page from Digital Ocean](https://i.imgur.com/fMY3yXz.jpg)

After that, you’ll be taken to your dashboard, where you’ll see all the solutions available, and you should click on the `Droplets` option on the menu on the left-hand side, and this will take you to the page where you can see a list of your current droplets:

![droplets list on dashboard](https://i.imgur.com/fKpV2pK.jpg)

As you can see in the above image, I already have a droplet there called `jtemporal` and I can also create a new one by clicking the `Create droplet` button on the top left corner, and this will take you to a page where you can choose the configuration you want for your droplet.

The first thing you need to choose, is the operational system:

![OS options](https://i.imgur.com/NsgOBze.jpg)

Then you have to pick a payment plan:
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