HI, I have now a droplet and a volume on it. How do I continue? I cant find any tuturial that coukld help me. I am looking for a kind of file manager, where I can upload files to my droplet. The files I need to upload is just a small api script. How do I get access to the developer that have made the script to get acces to the droplet? And how do I get access fx from my mobilephone using the ip address? Loking forward to hearing from you, Erik
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Hi Erik,
Once you have a Droplet, everything is managed through SSH, not a file manager in the control panel.
The usual next steps are:
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Connect to the Droplet using SSH from your computer (or an SSH app on your phone). DigitalOcean has a step by step guide here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/
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To upload files, you can use SCP, SFTP, or a GUI tool like FileZilla. That’s the closest thing to a “file manager” for a Droplet. https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/how-to/transfer-files/#filezilla
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To give a developer access, add their SSH public key to the Droplet or create a separate user for them. That way they can log in securely without sharing passwords. https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/
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Accessing something from your phone via the IP depends on what the script does. If it runs a web API, you’ll need to make sure the service is running and the port is open in the firewall.
Droplets are basically Linux servers, so once you’re comfortable with SSH and file uploads, everything else builds on top of that.
Another option here is to also use a Droplet with a control panel like cPanel or Cloud Panel:
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/cloudpanel-2-ubuntu-24-04
Heya, @erikrybtke
You don’t usually use a “file manager” in the browser with DigitalOcean. The standard way is to connect to the Droplet over SSH. From there you can upload files and manage everything.
From your computer, you (or the developer) connect using an SSH client:
To upload files, the easiest options are:
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scp or rsync from your computer
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An SFTP client like FileZilla or Cyberduck (this feels closest to a file manager) - https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/how-to/transfer-files/#filezilla
Regards
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