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+# Deploying to DigitalOcean
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+This guide assumes that you have completed steps 1-3 from [Getting Started](../README.md) and have a successfully build website in your `html` branch.
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+1. Navigate to the [Apps](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/apps) pane in your DigitalOcean account.
+2. Click **Create App**.
+2. Select **GitHub** as your source, select your repository, and define `html` as your target branch. Leave `/` as your source directory. Leave the box checked next to **Autodeploy** so that your site will automatically pull new updates whenever you push a commit to `main` in your Arise site repo on GitHub. Hit **Next** to proceed. 
+<p align="center"><img src="digitalocean-1.png" alt="Screenshot: DigitalOcean Deploy Settings" width=50% height=50% /></p>
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+3. Click **Skip to Review** to skip past all the other optional settings-- we don't need any of them.
+4. Click **Create Resources**.
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+Congrats! Your Arise website is now live on DigitalOcean. If you'd like to use a custom domain, please review DigitalOcean's [custom domains guide](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-domains/) as that is outside of the scope of this documentation.