Cloudron

Cloudron is a turnkey solution for running apps like WordPress, Rocket.Chat, NextCloud, GitLab, OpenVPN & many more. Cloudron performs end-to-end deployment of apps including provisioning databases, automated DNS setup, certificate management, centralized user management, periodic backups. Apps on Cloudron also receive automatic updates saving you the hassle of tracking upstream releases and keeping the installation secure.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Cloudron 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Cloudron Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "cloudron-20-04"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Cloudron

After creating a Cloudron One-Click Droplet, you need to visit the Droplet’s IP address in a browser to finish configuring Cloudron.

When you visit the setup page, you’ll see a domain setup screen asking you for the primary domain of Cloudron.

• Provide a domain like example.com. Cloudron’s admin interface will then be available at the my.example.com and apps can be installed into subdomains like blog.example.com, git.example.com and so on. More domains can be added after installation is complete in the Domains view.
• If your domain is hosted on DigitalOcean, provide a DigitalOcean token
• Once you click ‘Next’, Cloudron will automatically configure the DNS, setup certificates and redirect you to my.example.com.
• You can now setup a Cloudron administrator and start using Cloudron!