I’m giving DO a test run and am setting up my first Droplet. Not sure what Linux distribution to use or what Applications (Redmine, node, LAMP etc.) are useful for a basic, general purpose site. Suggestions?
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I would do Ubuntu if it’s your first time on a VPS. If they have a LAMP installer, then do that — it’s everything you’re gonna need for basic Dynamo stuff.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Todd email@hidden wrote:
I’m giving DO a test run and am setting up my first Droplet. Not sure what Linux distribution to use or what Applications (Redmine, node, LAMP etc.) are useful for a basic, general purpose site. Suggestions?
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14.10 x64? I assume that’s the most recent (64 bit) version?
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I would do Ubuntu if it’s your first time on a VPS. If they have a LAMP installer, then do that — it’s everything you’re gonna need for basic Dynamo stuff.
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For your own sanity, pick whatever is offering LTS (long term support) versions. You don’t want to migrate from one major version to another in production.
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14.10 x64? I assume that’s the most recent (64 bit) version?
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Thanks.
It’s becoming clear I’m probably not a VPS kinda guy, it’s a bit too propeller-beanie(ish) for me. Perhaps managed VPS is more my speed.
I have two free months of DO so I’ll play around.
Todd
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Its becoming clear Im probably not a VPS kinda guy, its a bit too propeller-beanie(ish) for me. Perhaps managed VPS is more my speed.
Give it some time - when I first fired up my DO droplet, it felt like I was in way over my head. However, they have pretty good documentation. Also, look into installing Sentora (was zPanel) if you want to have a GUI for site-management.
After a year of using it now, I couldn’t be happier. It’s dirt-cheap, I get to customize my server with Apache modules (Google PageSpeed is spiffy), and once it is set up it’s easy to manage. Just make sure you have automatic backups running. 
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Thanks, Sentora looks interesting.
Todd
Also, look into installing [Sentora](http://sentora.org http://sentora.org/) (was zPanel) if you want to have a GUI for site-management.
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