Goal

• Build new DigitalOcean snapshot to publish new version for One-Click Appsmith on DigitalOcean Marketplace

Setup Build Development

• Install Packer https://www.packer.io/downloads
  • MacOS:

  brew tap hashicorp/tap
  brew install hashicorp/tap/packer
  

  • Ubuntu/Debian

  curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install packer
  

Build DigitalOcean Snapshot

• You will need to generate DigitalOcean token and provide to Packer. Please follow this document to generate a token: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/api/create-personal-access-token/
• Export your DigitalOcean token to the environment variables

export DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=<your-personal-token>

• Change directory to the DigitalOcean deployment directory

cd deploy/digital_ocean

• Run Packer build

packer build template.json

Publish New Version

• After using Packer to build new snapshot, you will need to edit the System Image of the One-Click Application on DigitalOcean Marketplace.
• Firstly, please go to the Marketplace Vendor Portal
• Then, select Appsmith application in the One-Click App list to edit application information
• From the Edit form, click on Select system image to choose the new snapshot which we have just created by Packer (you may also need to change the App Version by higher version)

• In the pop-up window that shows all snapshots, choose the latest snapshot or the one that you wish to publish to DigitalOcean Marketplace
• Then, scrolling down to the bottom of the form and clicking on Preview (The preview process will take around 2-3 business days)
• Finally, after successful review, you can submit to apply the change to the DigitalOcean Marketplace