Setup_Dokku_instance_on_DigitalOcean.md

Setup Dokku instance on Digital Ocean

Step 1 - Create a Droplet

1. Goto https://www.digitalocean.com
2. Create Droplet
3. Choose 'One Click App' - 'Dokku 0.4.7 14.04'
4. Choose size (I chose the $10 option)
5. No additional requirements
6. Setup an SSH Key
7. Enter a hostname (this is not a real hostname and can be anything you like)
8. Wait for your droplet to start...
9. Get the IP of your droplet and open it in a browser ( http://<droplet_ip> )
10. On the Dokku Setup page enter the actual domain name you want to use (ie. mydomain.com)
11. Check 'Use virtualhost naming for apps'
12. Finish setup

Step 2 - Setup SSH connection to your droplet

1. Add an entry to your ~/.ssh/config file

Host mydomain.com
  HostName mydomain.com
  User root
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

2. (optional) I didn't have a real domain at this point so I just added my fake domain name to my own /etc/hosts file

<droplet_ip> <mydomain.com>

3. Try to connect $ ssh <mydomain.com>