The instructions looked something like this:

When you first set up your DigitalOcean droplet, you received instructions to log on using the root account. You may skip the information that you do not need, but following the steps closely may provide some advantages. These instructions assume that the reader has only a basic knowledge of Linux. Your application will restart when the server starts - i.e. Your application will restart if it crashes, and it will keep a log of unhandled exceptions. (You will able to run your app using a custom URL such as - but you will not have to specify a port.) You will be using port 80 to run your app, which typically can only be accessed by the root user.

You will not run your app as root therefore, your app will be more secure. These instructions will help you avoid some security mistakes, as well as provide some surprising benefits such as: This tutorial aims to help you setup up an Ubuntu server to run Node.js applications, including apps based on Express, Geddy, or Sails.

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