This guide explains how to use the DigitalOcean App Platform to run a Job Manager that demonstrates leases in a scalable environment.
Note: Following these steps may result in charges for the use of DigitalOcean services.
- You need a DigitalOcean account. If you do not already have one, first sign up.
Click the following button to deploy the app to App Platform. If you are not currently logged in with your DigitalOcean account, this button prompts you to to log in.
Note that, for the purposes of this tutorial, this button deploys the app directly from DigitalOcean's GitHub repository, which disables automatic redeployment since you cannot change our template. If you want automatic redeployment or you want to change the sample app's code to your own, we instead recommend you fork our repository.
To fork our repository, click the Fork button in the top-right of its page on GitHub, then follow the on-screen instructions. To learn more about forking repos, see the GitHub documentation.
After forking the repo, you can view the same README in your own GitHub org; for example, in https://github.com/<your-org>/template-job-manager. To deploy the new repo, visit the control panel and click the Create App button. This takes you to the app creation page. Under Service Provider, select GitHub. Then, under Repository, select your newly-forked repo. Ensure that your branch is set to main and Autodeploy is checked on. Finally, click Next.
This project uses GitHub Actions to run tests on every push to the main branch. There is a workflow to validate the App Specs against the Propose() API and also to perform local doctl apps dev build on them to verify buildback compatibility..
To learn more about App Platform and how to manage and update your application, see our App Platform documentation.
When you no longer need this sample application running live, you can delete it by following these steps:
- Visit the Apps control panel.
- Navigate to the sample app.
- In the Settings tab, click Destroy.
Note: If you do not delete your app, charges for using DigitalOcean services will continue to accrue.