Yes, it's possible. Forge clearly states:
Your custom server must run a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 x64 and must have a root user.
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Just getting started with Laravel and Forge, but a question has come up. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Is it possible to use Forge with with an existing Digital Ocean Server?
Documentation has a section called "Bring Your Own Server" that I thought might apply here, but didn't want to break any links between Forge and DO.
Another post from a couple years ago a user said they didn't think this was possible at least at that time. Has has this changed much over the past couple of years?
Link to other post => https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/forge/add-existing-digital-ocean-to-forge
Yes, it's possible. Forge clearly states:
Your custom server must run a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 x64 and must have a root user.
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