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Nodex And Digitalocean
DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider built to simplify cloud computing and AI for developers, startups, and small businesses. Nodex can create DigitalOcean Droplets directly from the dashboard and connect them as nodes.

Locations

DigitalOcean offers Droplets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

North America

  • New York, US
  • San Francisco, US
  • Atlanta, US
  • Richmond, US
  • Kansas, US
  • Memphis, US
  • Toronto, CA

Europe

  • London, GB
  • Amsterdam, NL
  • Frankfurt, DE

Asia

  • Singapore, SG
  • Bangalore, IN

Australia

  • Sydney, AU
For the most up-to-date list, see the DigitalOcean regional availability page.

Sizes

DigitalOcean offers the following sizes of Droplets:

Premium Intel

Shared CPU Droplets with Premium Intel CPUs and NVMe SSD storage.
Some sizes are only available in specific regions. Check the node creation form for the sizes available in your region.

Create a connection

To connect your DigitalOcean account, open Settings > Providers and click DigitalOcean in the Add Provider section. A dialog opens with two ways to connect.

Login with DigitalOcean

The quickest way to connect is to sign in with your DigitalOcean account through OAuth.
1

Click the Login with DigitalOcean button.

Digitalocean External Login
2

Authorize the connection

Click the Authorize Authorization button to continue.
Digitalocean Authorize
3

Your DigitalOcean account is now connected!

Create a DigitalOcean API key

Alternatively, create a DigitalOcean API key. The key allows Nodex to perform certain actions in DigitalOcean on your behalf. To create a new key:
1

In the DigitalOcean dashboard, open Account > API

Click the Generate New Token button.
Digitalocean Create New Token
2

Customize your key

  1. Enter any name for the key. “Nodex” works well.
  2. Set Expiration to No expire.
  3. Set Scopes to Full Access.
  4. Click Generate Token.
Digitalocean Edit Key
You may switch to “Custom Scopes” and select only the scopes Nodex requires:
  • account:read
  • droplet:create
  • droplet:read
  • droplet:update
  • droplet:delete
3

Copy the key

Click the  button next to the key to copy it.
Digitalocean Copy Key
4

Go back to Nodex

Paste your API key into the key field and click Submit.
Digitalocean Create Profile Key
5

Your DigitalOcean account is now connected!