# # DigitalOcean App Platform

## # 1. Setup a repo on GitHub

See the doc on installing Directus manually to learn how to configure this repo.

## # 2. Sign up for a DigitalOcean account

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## # 3. Create a Managed Database instance

The exact size and need for a replica depends on your usage and project requirements. We recommend using the latest version of Postgres. DigitalOcean's MySQL offering isn't supported at this time. Please see https://github.com/knex/knex/issues/4141 for more information.

## # 4. Create a new App using your previously created repo

Make sure to select the database you created in step 2 during the configuration wizard.

## # 5. Setup the build-step

While Directus itself doesn't have to be built from source in order to use it on App Platform, we do recommend adding `npx directus bootstrap` as the "build" step for DigitalOcean. This will automatically provision the database if it's empty, and migrate it to the latest version in case of upgrades. See Command Line Interface for more information.

## # 6. Configure the environment variables

See Environment Variables for all available environment variables.

DigitalOcean requires you to use SSL connections to managed databases. DigitalOcean provides a bunch of aliases to often used database properties that can be injected when the database is a component of your app. To enable SSL connections, set the following environment variables:

    DB_SSL__REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=true
    DB_SSL__CA=${my-database-component-name.CA_CERT}

WARNING

Make sure to replace `my-database-component-name` with your actual database component name in the above env vars