Add Existing Digital Ocean to Forge

Whow do you add an existing digital ocean server to forge? Let's say I have a DB server that I created some time ago and do not want to spin a new one just for sake of it.

Is there an easy way to do this, please?

bobbybouwmann

8 years ago

Best Answer

Level 88

Well, I don't think it's possible right now. Forge needs to install some items on the server to make deployments work correctly. It also needs to setup the correct directory structure, nginx config, etc. Your current setup is probably different from that from Forge and that makes it impossible right now.

My suggestion would be to create a new server and simply migrate everything to the new server ;) That's a max downtime of 5 min!

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aurawindsurfing

8 years ago

Level 50

Depending on the size of the databases ;-)

Thanks for the answer!

Robstar

8 years ago

Level 50

You could create an AMI of the server.

I know you can create a new server and then have Forge manage that. However, I'm not sure how the latter would apply to an existing server.

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