Adding more information to the setup page.

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# Preparing for Setup # Preparing for Setup
Currently Nassella requires users to set up the following three services in order to take advantage of Nassella's capabilities. If you use a different service to accomplish these actions and would like the ability to use Nassella with it, please contact us here: [https://www.nassella.org/contact/](https://www.nassella.org/contact/) Currently Nassella requires users to set up the following three services in order to take advantage of Nassella's capabilities. If you use a different service to accomplish these actions and would like the ability to use Nassella with it, please contact us here: [https://www.nassella.org/contact/](https://www.nassella.org/contact/)
## [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com) ## [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com)
Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security company. Nassella uses Cloudflare for DNS. Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security company. Nassella uses Cloudflare for [DNS](a "A Domain Name System (DNS) acts as a phonebook for your domain, translating your website's human-readable name (like example.com) into a machine-readable IP address.")
## [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com) ## [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com)
Digital Ocean is a cloud-computing provider that offers on-site infrastructure and managed services to build, deploy, host, and scale applications. Nassella can make a website hosted here easier to maintain. Digital Ocean is a cloud-computing provider that offers on-site infrastructure and managed services to build, deploy, host, and scale applications. Nassella can make a website hosted here easier to maintain.
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[Find troubleshooting advice here.](Troubleshooting) [Find troubleshooting advice here.](Troubleshooting)
4. Once all of the services have connected, click the Next button 4. Once all of the services have connected, click the Next button
**Note ** Any changes to the connected services outside of Nassella after Nassella is set up may break the communication and effectiveness of Nassella. ** Note ** Any changes to the connected services outside of Nassella after Nassella is set up may break the communication and effectiveness of Nassella.
## Apps ## Apps
Now that all of the services are set up, it's time to add the app specific settings. Now that all of the services are set up, it's time to add the app specific settings.
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- Ghost - Ghost
<img src="images/ghostSettings.png" alt="Ghost Settings" width="50%"> <img src="images/ghostSettings.png" alt="Ghost Settings" width="50%">
- Subdomain - Subdomain
- Explain - A subdomain is a prefix added to your main domain name that allows you to route traffic to specific applications running on your Nasella server. [subdomain].[rootDomain] (e.g. ghost.example.com) This is the name that will appear on the Nasella dashboard.
- Wg-easy - Wg-easy
<img src="images/wgEasySettings.png" alt="Wg-easy Settings" width="50%"> <img src="images/wgEasySettings.png" alt="Wg-easy Settings" width="50%">
- Subdomain - Subdomain
- Explain - A subdomain is a prefix added to your main domain name that allows you to route traffic to specific applications running on your Nasella server. [subdomain].[rootDomain] (e.g. wg-easy.example.com) This is the name that will appear on the Nasella dashboard.
- Next Cloud - Next Cloud
<img src="images/nextCloudSettings.png" alt="Next Cloud Settings" width="50%"> <img src="images/nextCloudSettings.png" alt="Next Cloud Settings" width="50%">
- Subdomain - Subdomain
- Explain - A subdomain is a prefix added to your main domain name that allows you to route traffic to specific applications running on your Nasella server. [subdomain].[rootDomain] (e.g. next-cloud.example.com) This is the name that will appear on the Nasella dashboard.
- Admin Username
- Admin Password
- Wordpress - Wordpress
<img src="images/wordPressSettings.png" alt="Word Press Settings" width="50%"> <img src="images/wordPressSettings.png" alt="Word Press Settings" width="50%">
- Subdomain - Subdomain
- Explain - A subdomain is a prefix added to your main domain name that allows you to route traffic to specific applications running on your Nasella server. [subdomain].[rootDomain] (e.g. wordpress.example.com) This is the name that will appear on the Nasella dashboard.
- Logviewer - Logviewer
<img src="images/logViewerSettings.png" alt="Log Viewer Settings" width="50%"> <img src="images/logViewerSettings.png" alt="Log Viewer Settings" width="50%">
- Subdomain - Subdomain
- Explain - A subdomain is a prefix added to your main domain name that allows you to route traffic to specific applications running on your Nasella server. [subdomain].[rootDomain] (e.g. log.example.com) This is the name that will appear on the Nasella dashboard.
- Admin Email
- Admin Password
5. Click the Next button
## Machine ## Machine
Next, we set up the settings for the machine that will run the selected apps.
<img src="images/machineRegionSetting.png" alt="Machine Region Settings" width="50%">
1. Enter the settings
- Region
- Use the dropdown to select the region closest to your location.
2. Click the Next button.
<img src="images/machineInstancePropertiesSettings.png" alt="Machine Instance Properties Settings" width="50%">
3. Enter the settings
- Volume
- Enter the number of GB for persistent applicaiton storage
- Price Dropdown
- Select the architecture from digital ocean that best suits your needs. The price is given on the left.
4. Click the Next button.
## Review ## Review
<img src="images/reviewSettings.png" alt="Review Settings" width="50%">
Finally, you can review the settings that you have configured. You can use the Back button to make any changes.
Once you are certain that this is the setup you would like to use, click the Launch button. These settings can be adjusted in the future using the Nassella dashboard.
<img src="images/deploymentProgress.png" alt="Deployment Progress" width="50%">
After launching you will see a list of deployment tasks and their status. When it is complete, the Finish button will become availible.
** Notes **
- If a step is not needed for your deployment, it may stay with the 'Queued' status
- On the first deployment, it is expected that the 'Backup Instance' step will fail as there is currently no instance to backup.

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