Preparation – Beginners guide to Digital Ocean

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Managed vs Unmanaged hosting There is a fundamental differences between managed and unmanaged hosting plans. I was convinced for a long time, that managed hosting is the way to go. I was wrong. Yes there is a hassle to move your site and get used to the unmanaged hosting, but it’s worth it. I always look at the bright side …

SSH and users – Beginners guide to Digital Ocean

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After successfully creating your droplet, you should receive an email from digital ocean with your root credentials. Something like: Now you have your root access to your server. Using however this root access all the time is not safe, so the first thing we are going to do is create another user. For that we need a terminal program, or …