Deploy Hashicorp Waypoint Droplet on Digital Ocean

README.md

Hashicorp Waypoint Droplet on Digital Ocean:

1. In the Digital Ocean portal, go to the project view.
2. Click New Droplet.
3. Click Create Droplet.
4. Click the Marketplace tab.
5. Click Docker.
6. Choose a plan. Make sure your Droplet has the minimum hardware requirements for Docker.
7. Choose any options for backups, block storage, and datacenter region.
8. Optional: In the Select additional options section, you can check the User data box and enter a cloud-config file in the text box that appears. The cloud-config file is used to provide a script to be run on the first boot. An example is below.
9. Choose an SSH key that you have access to, or generate a new SSH key.
10. Choose your project.
11. Click Create.

Below is an example cloud-config file that you can use to initialize the Droplet with user data, such as deploying Waypoint:

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cloud-config.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo " ==> Add Hashicorp’s official GPG key"
curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

echo " ==> Set up the Docker repository"
sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"

echo " ==> Install Waypoint"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install waypoint