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# DigitalOcean
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DigitalOcean, Inc. ([digitalocean.com](http://digitalocean.com)) is a
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cloud infrastructure provider that provides cloud services to developers
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to help to deploy and scale applications that run simultaneously on
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multiple computers.
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The following is a step-by-step guide to installing DocNow using
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macOS.
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It is intended for anyone without prior experience.
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The following is a step-by-step guide to installing DocNow in DigitalOceean. The instructions use terminology for macOS. You should be able to follow these instructions without prior experience with DigitalOcean or macOS Terminal, but if this is your first time administering an application, fair warning! This may take up to 2 hours to install.
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Please follow each step carefully and open an issue on the [Github
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Repository](https://github.com/DocNow/docnow-ansible/issues) if you find
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something missing.
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### 1. Create an SSH Key
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### 1. Install Ansible
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Ansible will be used to configure the Virtual Private Server you will be setting up on [AWS Lightsail](https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/?p=gsrc&c=ho_lvm). This server will host the DocNow App.
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You will need a Programmers Editors like [Microsoft's VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com) to make edits below
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Start by opening the Terminal application on your Mac in `Applications/Utilities`
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Install Homebrew by copying the following into your Terminal:
- Most versions of macOS already have git installed. If you happen to
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find yours not to have it installed.
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```bash
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brew install git
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```
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- Install Ansible
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brew install ansible
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```
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- Edit the `hosts.example` file in the cloned
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docnow-ansible repository. Replace the [1.2.3.4` in the
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file with your DigitalOcean Droplet IP address above. Make a copy of
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the file and name it `hosts`
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- You can now run:
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* Download and unzip the [docnow-ansible](https://github.com/docnow/docnow-ansible) zip file or, if you are a GitHub user, clone the repository to a location on your computer.
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* Move the docnow-ansible folder to your Documents folder
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* Modify the `hosts.example` to have the IP address from the steps above.
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