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Cloud platform deployments run ParadeDB Community, which does not include WAL support. This makes them suitable for hobby, development, and staging environments. For production, we recommend ParadeDB Enterprise deployed via Kubernetes or BYOC.
DigitalOcean is a cloud platform for deploying and managing applications. This guide walks through deploying ParadeDB on a DigitalOcean Droplet using Docker. Docker packages PostgreSQL and pg_search together, so you don’t need to install them manually.

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Prerequisites

  1. A DigitalOcean account
  2. Your local machine’s public IPv4 address (used to restrict access to the Droplet)

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Create a Droplet

  1. In the DigitalOcean console, create a new Droplet
  2. Select Ubuntu 24.04 (LTS) x64 as the image
  3. Choose a plan size — see the DigitalOcean sizing guide for recommendations
Once the Droplet is running, SSH into it to complete the remaining steps.

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Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

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Install ParadeDB

The tag query parameter pins the ParadeDB version. See the Docker Hub page for available tags. 
curl -fsSL "https://paradedb.com/install.sh?tag=0.21.15-pg18" | sh
Once the install completes, note the password printed to the terminal — you will need it for the psql connection string below. To ensure the container restarts automatically if the Droplet reboots: 
docker update --restart unless-stopped paradedb

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Configure Firewall

In the DigitalOcean console, navigate to Networking → Firewalls and create a firewall with the following inbound rule:
TypeProtocolPortSources
CustomTCP5432<YOUR_IP_ADDRESS>/32
Replace <YOUR_IP_ADDRESS> with your local machine’s public IPv4 address (not the Droplet IP). To allow access from any IP, use 0.0.0.0/0 instead. Apply the firewall to your Droplet.

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Connect to ParadeDB

From your local machine: 
psql postgres://myuser:mypassword@<DROPLET_IP>:5432/paradedb
Replace <DROPLET_IP> with the public IPv4 address of your Droplet, found on the DigitalOcean console.