Run 1-click Deploy

“1-click” is a marketing term from DigitalOcean

In reality, you need more than 1 click. It stands to mean that you can deploy xplex without needing to use CLI. This page will give you a step-by-step visual guidance on how to do that.

Create DigitalOcean Account

In order to deploy xplex as a 1-click Droplet, you need to log in to your DigitalOcean account. If you don’t already have a DigitalOcean account, please create one by signing up with the following link:

Get $200 starting credit on new accounts This should give you enough credit for 60 days to try out xplex to its fullest extent.

Initiate xplex Deployment

From Marketplace	From Dashboard
Either, visit xplex on DigitalOcean Marketplace & click on the Create xplex Droplet button	Or, from the DigitalOcean dashboard click the Create > Droplets buttons on the top-right

Set Droplet Preferences

Once in the droplet creation wizard, you need to go through a few steps to set up the droplet. Detailed steps have screenshots to guide you through the process.

1. Choose Region — for the nearest datacenter

   Closest datacenter region will ensure lowest latency. Leave the datacenter ID (e.g. SFO1, SFO2, SFO3 in SFO region), and the VPC Network to whatever is chosen by default; you shouldn’t have to change those, in general.

   

2. Choose an image — the preconfigured snapshot

   If you’ve started from 1-click link on xplex ‘s marketplace listing page, then the correct latest image will already be selected for you—you don’t have to do anything.

   If you’ve manually started the process of creating a droplet, then search for xplex in the marketplace images & then click to select it.

   

3. Choose Size — the smallest droplet is sufficient

   xplex is a very lightweight solution. So, choose the SHARED CPU droplet type, and Regular as the CPU option. Click the arrow on the left of the list of droplet sizes to see the smallest one allowed, which should be $6/month.

   

   Using an even smaller droplet

   xplex can totally run on even smaller (e.g. the $4/month) droplets. But the DigitalOcean 1-click wizard doesn’t allow selecting that. For that you have to start the droplet with normal Ubuntu image, and then install xplex with the native setup (advanced method).

4. Miscellaneous Choices — just leave them be

   No need to change anything in the Additional storage, Backups etc. advanced options. Though you can configure the Choose Authentication Method section, you absolutely don’t have to. Just leave them as they are, unless you have a good reason to change them.

   

5. Confirm Choices — to create xplex instance

   Leave the quantity to 1 Droplet. You can change the hostname to something you prefer, over the one given by default—but you don’t have to. If you use tags to organize droplets, you can do so—but again—you don’t have to.

   As the final step, click on Create Droplet button to confirm the choices & let it cook.

   

Get Droplet IP Address

Once the droplet starts creating, you’ll be taken to the dashboard. Wait for it to complete.

You’ll see the IP address of the droplet on the right side of the droplet name. Copy that IP address, as you’ll need it to access the xplex instance.

Open xplex^HQ Dashboard

Open a browser tab, paste the IP address of the droplet, and press ENTER. You’ll see the xplex^HQ dashboard, which is the control panel for your xplex instance.

That’s it… xplex is now live & ready for you to setup your multi-streaming details.

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