ServerWand

ServerWand is a magical control panel for managing websites and servers. Host multiple sites on a single server, manage apps, firewall, databases, backups, system users, cron jobs, SSL and email with an intuitive interface. Apps like WordPress can be installed with a single click. All commands are sent over SSH and no proprietary software installed so that you are always in control.

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 ServerWand 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB ServerWand 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": "shiftedit-serverwand-18-04"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying ServerWand

Getting Started After Deployment

Connect your Droplet to ServerWand

After your Droplet is created with the ServerWand app. you will need to connect it to ServerWand. First Register/ Login to the ServerWand Control Panel. Once logged in:

1. Click the Create button and then Server.
2. On the server details page, click Choose and then select DigitalOcean.
3. You will then be prompted for permissions, click Accept and Continue
4. You will then be returned to ServerWand where you can select the server from the list.
5. Give the server a name and click Save

Your droplet can then be managed within ServerWand