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User data scripts, Packer, Terraform, and Ansible. Check the DO tutorials to get up to speed ;)

This one’s helpful for starters:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/automating-initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-18-04

Hi. Permissions will work correctly out-of-the-box with ServerPilot as long as you haven't accidentally used "root" to create files in your app and as long as plugins aren't doing anything to modify correct default permissions. A lot of people are using Yoast on ServerPilot without problem, so it's likely there's something funny with your current setup.

If you've accidentally used "root" to modify files in the past, the article here shows how to fix that:

https://serverpilot.io/community/articles/how-to-fix-file-permissions.html

You might also try creating a clean site and testing the Yoast plugin on it. If you can find the problem happening on a clean site and you can document the steps to repeat it, contact both Yoast and ServerPilot support with the information on how to repeat it so they can look into it and determine if Yoast has recently started doing anything funny with file ownership or permissions.

A DO droplet is your server than you can do whatever you want on (as long as you don't violate DO terms of service).

You will want to install an R runtime on your server and then run your app (I am not familiar with R so not sure if it compiles to native executables or requires a runtime...a quick google search seems to suggest it requires a runtime). If it runs continuously you will need to run it as a service so it stays running when you disconnect your terminal app from your server (how to do this will depend on which OS you choose).

This may get you started (assumes you choose Ubuntu as your OS):

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-r-on-ubuntu-16-04-2

Also, are you sure your app needs to run continuously (does it watch directories for files or something like that?) or does it just need to kick off every once in a while? If it just needs to kick off on occasion you can execute it with the cron (a unix scheduling service).

Happy to help. You can find your swap file answers here.

One thing to note... When you get to the resize page under your droplet you will see two types of resize. One resizes just the RAM and CPU and is reversible. The other resizes the disk as well and is not reversible. This is because we found that the instance of filesystem corruption when attempting to shrink a disk image was too high. Be sure to use the CPU/RAM only resize for your testing and only resize your disk once you are sure you will not be scaling back down anytime soon.

Well if you're happy with the cost then (in my limited knowledge) it should be doable.

A new tutorial was posted the other day about installing Postgres on Ubuntu.

If they are copyrighted torrents, A.K.A. illegal ones, Digital Ocean WILL find out and shut your account down. Don't use a VPS for torrenting. If you want to torrent illegal things undercover use Private Internet Access.

Our High Memory Plans offer options that go up to 224GB RAM. On new accounts large plans are often restricted but can be unlocked if you open a ticket with our support team with your request.

So, with the help of a friend who found their RESTful API, I have found a solution.

SOLUTION: Go to: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/api/tutorials/search?facets=*&q=*&page=1&primary_filter=newest&per_page=1681 and save it as JSON, then use sublime text to insert new lines until each "url": is on it's own line, then use alt enter to select all entries using crtl f, then use crtl x to cut all the lines, put them into their own document, then replace "url": with the actual url, then use wget to download all of the files as HTML.

SOLUTION: Go to: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/api/tutorials/search?facets=*&q=*&page=1&primary_filter=newest&per_page=1681 and save it as JSON, then use sublime text to insert new lines until each "url": is on it's own line, then use alt enter to select all entries using crtl f, then use crtl x to cut all the lines, put them into their own document, then replace "url": with the actual url, then use wget to download all of the files as HTML.

Judging by the lack of details in your question question, I'm going to suggest you not use Digital Ocean.

If you're going to use PHP, go to https://wordpress.com/ and set up a site. Later you can learn how to set up and manage a Linux system.

> serverpilot

Thanks for the suggestion. I initially turned away from serverpilot because I thought they only supported PHP (in fact, they only provide support for PHP, but you can use any language)

Serverpilot: How to Run Apps in Any Language

You're welcome! There are some alternatives found on this list:

https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/where-do-people-host-their-node-js-web-apps-768e292a47

DigitalOcean offers a great deal of flexibility for those looking to self-manage Linux cloud infrastructure. I'd probably start with Servers for Hackers (https://serversforhackers.com/) if you're looking to build out your system administration skills.

Yes. Your website only need an A/AAAA for the naked domain pointing to your DO instance public IP plus (optionally) a CNAME for the www subdomain. For the FastMail custom domain to work, all you need is at minimum, an MX record (you'll want to configure DKIM and SPF too to avoid spammers easily spoofing your emails). Both DO and Fastmail allows you to configure both records on their nameservers, or you can use free nameservers from Cloudflare/Namecheap if you prefer their interface.

Since DNS records might be cached by your ISP/OS and mess with your testing, try different websites to confirm your DNS records and preview if your website is actually loaded.

Fair enough; I may just switch to such a model, too. I just found this open-source Android app called andOTP which appears to offer that functionality. Here's the source on GitHub.