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How to Create a Droplet from the DigitalOcean Control Panel

To follow this tutorial, you will need a DigitalOcean account, which you can create from  the DigitalOcean new account registration page  if you don’t already have one. After you log into the  DigitalOcean Control Panel  with your email address and password for the first time, there are two ways to create a Droplet. You can either: Click the large, blue  Create Droplet  button. This button is only visible when you do not have any Droplets. Click the green  Create  button in the top right and choose  Droplets . Whichever link you use, you’ll be taken to the Create Droplet page. This page lets you specify configuration options for your Droplet, like how much memory it has and which features (like backups ) are enabled. The most popular defaults are pre-selected, so you can scroll straight to the end and click  Create Droplet  without changing a thing. In this case, you can skip to  Step 10 of this tutorial ...