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Rocket Chat part 2: How to setup Rocket Chat on Digital Ocean with SSL certificate
In part-1, I explained why we chose Rocket chat as our parent engagement platform. In this article, I am going to discuss how to set up Rocket Chat on Digital Ocean.
The process is extremely simple if you know your way around Linux.
Before we start, you need to have a domain that you want to host your chat on. It can also be a subdomain. You need to have access to change the domain’s DNS settings.
You also need to have SSL certificate for your domain. Export your certificate and private key.
DigitalOcean offers a one-click install for Rocket Chat. Sign up or sign in to your DigitalOcean account.
Click on Marketplace and search for Rocket.Chat.
Click on “Create Rocket.Chat Droplet”, and choose the cheapest droplet.
Once the droplet is created, follow my 3-part series on setting up the basic firewall and lock-down the ssh…