Welcome to the DigitalOcean GHW: Open Source Week Challenge Page!

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Getting Help

• If you have any questions about DigitalOcean or their Global Hack Week challenges, head to the MLH Discord and find the #ask-DigitalOcean channel!
• Each challenge is accompanied by helpful documentation

Challenges

Challenge 1

Register with DigitalOcean

Objectives:

• Begin your journey by registering for DigitalOcean!
• Share a screenshot of your account signup page on our submission form!

Documentation:

• Register with DigitalOcean

Challenge 2

Create a Personal Access Token and use DigitalOcean API

Objectives:

• Get started with DigitalOcean’s APIs to carry out tasks listing your active offerings and creating new ones right from your terminal!
• Share your implementation with us on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Create a personal access token
• Example Usage

Challenge 3

Register your domain on DigitalOcean

Objectives:

• Adding a domain to your DigitalOcean account allows you to connect it effortlessly to your applications!
• Share your deployed domain on our submission form!

Documentation:

• How to add a domain on DigitalOcean

Challenge 4

Create a Static Site on DigitalOcean App Platform

Objectives:

• Creating a new static site is as simple as connecting a GitHub Repository to the DigitalOcean App Platform!
• Share your implementation with us on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Deploying on DigitalOcean App Platform

Challenge 5

Setup Monitoring on DigitalOcean App Platform

Objectives:

• Make sure you can observe your App Platform application’s performance and health by enabling monitoring in easy steps!
• Share your implementation with us on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Creating alerts with DigitalOcean App Platform

Challenge 6

Setup DigitalOcean Uptime for a website

Objectives:

• Get alerted when your assets are slow, down or vulnerable to attacks!
• Share your implementation with us on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Enabling uptime monitoring with DigitalOcean

Challenge 7

Get Started with 1-Click Apps on DigitalOcean Marketplace

Objectives:

• Quickly launch popular frameworks, tools and services inside a Droplet with DigitalOcean Marketplace!
• Share your implementation with us on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Explore DigitalOcean Marketplace!