That’s tricky, password from the email should just work.
Probably you mistyped something (special character?)
Also, recently, DO changed it’s reg surface, and now you can define your own password!
Tomi

Yeah, you can go with any remote server solutions if you can’t use DigitalOcean. Please note that there might be minor differences!

hey George, there could be many reasons. But it’s 99.9% that it’s a type that you made during the setup process. I recommend that you start over and follow every step very thoroughly! : )

In theory, you can. In practice, I recommend that you follow my guide and go with DO, to avoid possible inconveniences that coming from using a different platform than I do. Tomi

So it’s fixed (based on your other comment), right?

Cool, thanks for the update!

Awesome, thanks for the update

I don’t think that it’ll be easy. But it’s certainly possible.

hey Daniel — yeah I think a firewall blocks all the things you try to proceed (probably one that was automatically set up while practicing with WP). I recommend to go with a brand new droplet that’s not interfered by other projects. : ) Tomi

Thanks! Enjoy the learning process! 😉