1. Go to Digital Ocean and create an account.
  2. Create a new Droplet.
  3. Choose the Docker image from the Marketplace.

  1. Choose the Standard Droplet plan.

We recommended the $48/month plan for the best performance with 4 vCPUs, 8GB RAM, and 160GB SSD.

  1. Wait for the Droplet to be created.

  2. SSH into your Droplet.

ssh root@your-droplet-ip
  1. Clone the RAGenius repository.
git clone https://github.com/yyassif/ragenius-ai.git RAGenius-AI && cd RAGenius-AI
  1. Copy the .env.example file.
cp .env.example .env
  1. Update the .env file.
vim .env
  • Update the OPENAI_API_KEY
  • Update the NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL with your Droplet IP -> http://your-droplet-ip:5050
  • UPDATE the NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL with your Droplet IP -> http://your-droplet-ip:54321
  • Update the NEXT_PUBLIC_FRONTEND_URL with your Droplet IP -> http://your-droplet-ip:3000
  1. Install Supabase
apt install npm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc
nvm install 20
nvm use 20
cd backend
npx supabase start
cd ../
  1. Allow the firewall
ufw allow 54321
  1. Launch the project
docker compose pull
docker compose up

It needs at least 5 minutes to build the frontend and pulling the Docker images.

  1. Access the RAGenius app
http://your-droplet-ip:3000