PD DigitalOcean App Platform lets you offer DigitalOcean App Platform applications through Blesta, using DigitalOcean. It suits deploying an application from a public Git repository or a container image, with the resource linked to the customer’s service.

Before you start

Install PD Modules for Blesta first, connect the account that holds your licence, then install PD DigitalOcean App Platform from its Store. Allow the staff group that needs to use it.

You also need a DigitalOcean account, an authorised API token and a supported application source. Check the provider account’s permissions, available locations and capacity before enabling automatic provisioning.

Connect the account

In Settings → Company → Modules, find the installed module, choose Manage and add its account connection. Blesta calls this a module row. Keep this provider connection separate from the package settings.

Define what the customer receives

Create a package using PD DigitalOcean App Platform and review its Module Options and configurable options. Start with Region, Plan and Instances. Together these describe the resource requested when a service is provisioned; they are not just labels on the order form.

On Blesta the customer supplies the source after ordering, on the service’s Information tab, then chooses Deploy. Keep Client: Change source enabled; otherwise a service waiting for its first source has no customer form for that step.

Choose which client controls the package exposes. If you offer configurable options, check that their values match the module’s supported choices and that the defaults describe the service you intend to sell.

Put the service into use

Add the package group to the intended order form when it is ready. Blesta creates the service before provisioning completes; check the service state and ensure the normal cron is running for subsequent updates.

Check the first service

Review the deployment result and application URL. If a build fails, inspect the deployment information before changing the billing package.

Creating a real service creates provider resources and can incur provider charges. Review the configuration first; use your normal controlled test process for the first provisioning rather than making an order solely to browse the settings.

Explore the module

See the PD DigitalOcean App Platform for Blesta module page for the current product details.

DigitalOcean App Platform setup task guides

• Connect DigitalOcean to PD DigitalOcean App Platform in Blesta
• Create a PD DigitalOcean App Platform package in Blesta
• Configure PD DigitalOcean App Platform checkout options in Blesta
• Deploy a public Git app with PD DigitalOcean App Platform in Blesta
• Deploy a Docker Hub image with PD DigitalOcean App Platform in Blesta
• Redeploy an app with PD DigitalOcean App Platform in Blesta