DigitalOcean Marketplace Lists HollaEx

🖥 Server management can get complicated. Even running a basic website from your own computer could take you time and then keeping it up with the various hardware issues can be a consistent battle. Which is the reason why we have services like DigitalOcean.

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We are happy to announce that now there is a DigitalOcean 🌊 HollaEx pack, so that both experts and newbies alike will save themselves a lot of stress, and can enjoy an even more streamlined exchange creation experience, reinforcing the HollaEx goal of making exchange ownership as simple as possible.

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HollaEx on DigitalOcean provides a neatly packaged solution on the  Marketplace, meaning less time tinkering and more time 'HollaExchanging!'

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Read on below to learn more about HollaEx on the DigitalOcean Marketplace.

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What is DigitalOcean?

Simply put DigitalOcean is a ☁️ cloud platform allowing anyone to host things like websites and applications on DigitalOcean servers. DigitalOcean will then take care of all the hardware, and operating systems technicalities.

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DigitalOcean is a cloud computing vendor that offers an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform for software developers. DigitalOcean is very popular with open source developers offering a great alternative to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Compute Engine. 

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It is commonly said that the advantage of using DigitalOcean is its ease of use, developer-friendly, practical, and predictable low-cost server solutions.

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What Is the DigitalOcean Marketplace?

The DigitalOcean Marketplace allows developers to easily discover and quickly launch services, components, and tools from open source projects.

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The DigitalOcean Marketplace is the home for Droplet 1-Click Apps, Kubernetes 1-Click Apps, and SaaS Add-Ons. 1-Click Apps are pre-built Droplet (explained more below) images and Kubernetes apps with the software, features, and configuration details already set up for you.

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Visit the HollaEx profile on DigitalOcean here 👈. 

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Who Is It for?

It is for the operators that want to set up their own DIY exchange. But more specifically for DigitialOcean, it is a cloud system targeted to small developers and small businesses who need to quickly start up a small high-performance instance. DigitalOcean also gives the user a clean, easy-to-use interface with fewer features and one-click deployments.

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Operators using the HollaEx DIY Basic and Boost are the perfect target audience for HollaEx DigitalOcean and if you want to test the HollaEx system out in a low-cost manner then using DigitalOcean HollaEx is a sound choice.

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How Do I Start HollaEx on DigitalOcean?

You can read how to get started with DigitalOcean here or simply jump right into it by creating an account on 👉DigitalOcean here.

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👉Click the above blue DigitalOcean badge to get $100 free credit! Or simply click here.

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When you create a DigitalOcean account, you can choose to sign up with an email address, with Google, or with GitHub single sign-on (SSO).

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Once you’ve created a DigitalOcean account, you should protect it with device verification by default. This only applies to email and password sign-ins without 2FA and does not apply to GitHub or Google SSO.

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After you create an account you can proceed to HollaEx hosting page and click ‘Create HollaEx Kit Droplet’.

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What's a Droplet?‍

DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs) that run on top of virtualized hardware. Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use, either standalone or as part of a larger, cloud-based infrastructure.

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What Else?

If you are new to HollaEx or just want to get started as fast as possible then by going to your exchange dashboard and then selecting a pre-built cloud exchange plan your exchange could be up and running within the hour without having any technical setup on your part, even the simplified version that DigitalOcean offers!
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Want to see with your own 👀 eyes how it all comes together? Check out the many videos on the▶️YouTube HollaEx Channel or simply see an example of how your future exchange could look at the live HollaEx Pro exchange.

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