Digital Ocean Connector

Digital Ocean is an US multinational cloud provider.

Prerequisites

An active Digital Ocean subscription is required.

Digital Ocean Admin

Connect to Admin.

Create new credential

On the left menu, click on API and click on Generate New Token.

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1. Enter scrapoxy as Token name;
2. Select No expire for Expiration;
3. Check the Write box on Scopes
4. And click on Generate Token.

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Remember the Token value.

Scrapoxy

Open Scrapoxy User Interface and select Marketplace:

Step 1: Create a new credential

Select Digital Ocean to create a new credential (use search if necessary).

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Complete the form with the following information:

1. Name: The name of the credential;
2. Access key ID: The Access key ID of the account;
3. Secret access key: The Client Secret of the account.

And click on Create.

Step 2: Create a new connector

Create a new connector and select Digital Ocean as provider:

Complete the form with the following information:

1. Credential: The previous credential;
2. Name: The name of the connector;
3. # Proxies: The number of instances to create;
4. Region: The region where the instances will be created;
5. Port: The port of the proxy (on Digital Ocean);
6. Size: The type of the instance;
7. Snapshot: The name of the snapshot to use. ⚠️ Don't fill it, it will be created automatically during installation;
8. Security group name: The name of the security group containing the firewall rules;
9. Tag: The default tag for instance.

And click on Create.

Most default values can be retained if suitable for the use case.

WARNING

When setting up the connector in multiple regions, assign a unique Tag for each region. Without this, connectors may interfere with each other, shutting down instances from the same provider.

Step 3: Install the connector

On the connector list, click on Install.

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Click on Install.

Scrapoxy will start, install and stop the VM to create a custom image.

WARNING

Do not reuse an installation from a prior setup: Scrapoxy embeds a unique TLS certificate within the instance image to secure communication and communication with the Master will fail.

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When the installation is finished, click on Connectors.

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1. Start the project;
2. Start the connector.

Other: Uninstall the connector

1. Stop the connector;
2. Wait for proxies to be removed.

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On the connector list, click on Uninstall.

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Confirm the uninstallation.

Wait for the uninstallation to finish: Scrapoxy will delete the custom image.