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Digital Ocean Server Setup
Creating a new Droplet
Login to your Digital Ocean account and click create then select Droplet.
Choose an Image. BTCP is currently optimized to run on Ubuntu with 2 GB of memory for $10/month.
Choose the location closest to where most of your clients are from.
Select IPv6 and Monitoring.
Add your SSH Key to allow remote login to this server.
If you don't have a public SSH key on your computer you can generate one using the following tools:
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ssh-keygen
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{% tab title="Windows" %} Download Git
"Git bash " is a msys shell included in "Git for Windows" software. It will allow you to generate pairs of public and private keys to be used to login to your Droplet.
Download GIT from here:
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RUNNING PUTTYGEN
Go to Windows Start menu type Git Bash
Run the following command and follow the prompts
ssh-keygen
Enter a name for your keys, then enter a passphrase, they will be saved on your user folder ~/ by default. Its a good practice to move them to ~/.ssh
Copy the Public key The file that ends in .pub will be required for the next step.
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Add your SSH Key
Add your SSH key from the previous step.
Finalize
Enter a name and create click create
{% hint style="success" %} You have now set up your own droplet, now we need to connect to the server and set up BitCore. {% endhint %}