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# Install on Digital Ocean

### Create a droplet

1. On the top right corner click the green "Create" button and click on "Droplets". You are asked some questions about your new droplet.
2. On "Distributions" select "**Debian 10** x64".
3. For the **plan** select "**Basic**".
4. For the **CPU** options select "**Regular Intel with SSD**". (We don't need a high-performance droplet.)
5. Select the **smallest VM** (1GB/1CPU(25GB SSD(100GB transfer) \~$5/Month
6. Do not add extra **block storage**.
7. Select a data center **region** near you.
8. Don't change the default settings of the **VPC network**.
9. Either select an SSH Key for the **authentication** or choose authentication by a password.
10. Enter **`RPort-Server`** as the **hostname** for the new droplet.
11. Optionally add tags or assign the new droplet to a project.

![Create a droplet on Digital Ocean.](/files/-Meu60YA0uCeBEnARsd_)

### Install the RPort server on your new droplet

From the list of droplets grab the public ipv4 address of your newly created instance. 

![Grab the IP address of the new droplet.](/files/-Meu6t50IdHh4AvRywhF)

Connect over SSH to the instance using the `root` user. Usually, you must specify the private key created for the instance or the region. For example `ssh root@143.198.182.188`

After the login, install the curl command because it's a prerequisite for all further steps.

```
apt-get -y install curl
```

👉 Now proceed to [Install RPort on any virgin cloud VM](/install-the-rport-server/install-rport-on-any-virgin-cloud-vm.md)