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Learn how to master DigitalOcean: secure your Ubuntu droplets, deploy Laravel + React apps, enable free SSL with Let’s Encrypt, and set up automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
When you launch a web application in production, securing your server is as crucial as writing robust code. A poorly configured server can be compromised within minutes. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll set up and secure a DigitalOcean droplet from ...
By now, your droplet is already fortified — you’ve: Created a non-root user Secured SSH access Enabled a firewall The next essential step is to encrypt all traffic with HTTPS. Without HTTPS, sensitive data (like login credentials) is vulnerable ...
Deploying a modern web application can seem daunting, but with the right steps, it becomes straightforward. In this guide, we’ll deploy azan.lk, a Laravel + React + MySQL project, on Ubuntu 24.04, using Nginx, PHP 8.4, Node.js, and proper production ...
Manually deploying applications can be exhausting: SSH into the server Pull the latest code (or upload zip files 🤦) Run Composer, NPM, and Artisan commands Fix file permissions and run migrations Pray nothing breaks But what if all of this co...
If you have a primary domain (e.g., azan.lk) hosted on DigitalOcean, adding subdomains like dev.azan.lk is a simple process. In this guide, we’ll show you how to create subdomains, configure Nginx, and secure them with Let’s Encrypt SSL. Prerequisit...
If you’ve ever set up a domain or subdomain on a DigitalOcean Droplet using Nginx, you likely created a site configuration in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ and enabled it via a symlink in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/. But what happens when you want to rem...
