Deploy with Digital Ocean

Rocket.Chat offers a seamless and user-friendly solution for setting up your own chat platform on Digital Ocean with just a single click. With the 1-Click install from the Digital Ocean marketplace, you can effortlessly launch and configure Rocket.Chat, empowering your team to communicate and collaborate efficiently. In this guide, you'll learn how to Deploy Rocket.Chat on Digital Ocean.

Preparation steps

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• An active Digital Ocean account

• A domain name (optional). You can use Digital Ocean's provided IP address, but having a domain name is recommended for a more professional setup to enable HTTPS.

Deploy Rocket.Chat on Digital Ocean

To set up Rocket.Chat on Digital Ocean,

• Go to the Rocket.Chat app on the Digital Ocean marketplace and follow the prompts to create the Rocket.Chat droplet. After the droplet is successfully created, go to the droplet and click the "Get Started" icon for further instructions to set up and access your workspace.

  You can get immediate access to your Rocket.Chat server by visiting http://droplet-ip:3000.

• After successfully setting up the Rocket.Chat droplet and your domain, log in to your droplet using the command below:

  ssh root@your_droplet_ip

• Enter your password when prompted. Once you've successfully connected, a message similar to this will appear:

  ##################################################################################################################################################################
  Rocket.Chat is the leading open source team chat software solution. Free, unlimited and completely customizable with on-premises and SaaS cloud hosting.
  Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution.
  
  This Rocket.Chat image uses docker under the hood. To learn more, please read our docker documentation - https://docs.rocket.chat/deploy/prepare-for-your-deployment/rapid-deployment-methods/docker-and-docker-compose
  
  You can find the compose project in $HOME/rocketchat directory.
  
  Looking for how to use Rocket.Chat? Be sure to check our docs: https://docs.rocket.chat
  Need some help? Join our community forums https://forums.rocket.chat and https://open.rocket.chat
  ##################################################################################################################################################################

• Create a registered domain name and set up an A record from your domain (e.g., chat.mycompany.com) to the droplet's IP address. You'll need the domain to enable HTTPS on your workspace.

Behind the scenes, the image uses Docker to handle the deployment. See deploy with Docker & Docker Compose to learn how to manage docker deployments.