How to set up digital ocean droplet

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Create new droplet (1 click application or manual e.g. LAMP stack)

Step 1: Create a new user
Step 2: Root privileges
Step 3: Add Public Key Authentication
Step 4: Disable remote SSH access to root account
Step 5: Testing the changes
Step 6: Configure time zones
Step 7: Configure NTP Synchronization
Step 8: Setting up a firewall
Step 9: Automated security updates
Step 10 (Optional): fail2ban and logwatch
Final Step create an image backup
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