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This guide will deploy airyschat on a single droplet in DigitalOcean. For a cloud native deployment, go with our 1-click k8s app on DigitalOcean Marketplace.

Create a Droplet (VM)

  1. Login to DigitalOcean console and choose create droplet.
  2. Choose Ubuntu 20.04 image.
  3. Create an instance with a minimum of 4vCPU and 8GB RAM.
  4. Make sure to choose the datacenter region you want to deploy.
  5. Under authentication, choose your SSH key or create a new one. This is important as you will need this key to complete the next section.
  6. Click create.

Install AirysChat

  1. SSH into the droplet created above.
  2. Follow the linux VM instructions at https://www.airyschat.com/docs/self-hosted/deployment/linux-vm.
  3. Woot! Woot! Your AirysChat Instance is ready and can be accessed at http://<your-droplet-ip>:3000. Or if you completed the domain setup during the installation, airyschat should be available at https://<your-domain>

Configure AirysChat

  1. Follow the AirysChat docs to configure your domain, email and other parameters you need. https://www.airyschat.com/docs/self-hosted/deployment/linux-vm#configure-the-required-environment-variables