Implementing Modern DevOps

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a provider that, even though not as well-known as AWS or GCP, offers a very interesting alternative to small to mid sized organizations to run their cloud systems. They have developed a very powerful concept: the droplet.

Basically, a droplet is a component that can run your software and be connected to different networks (private or public) through some configuration.

In order to assemble a droplet, we just need to define a few things:

• The image (the operating system or one-click images)
• The size
• The region

And once you have chosen your configuration, the droplet starts running. This is very simple and effective, which is usually what companies look for.