Follow this steps for installing Dreamfactory 2.1 on DigitalOcean Server choosing Nginx (not Apache) as the web server and MariaDb as the database - Install DreamFactory 
- Create a Droplet in Digital Ocean (Ubuntu 14.04 ) - Log in to droplet using a ssh terminal (root@xxxxxxxx) - Go to root folder (cd ~)
# Other ways to install
Another way to use DreamFactory is to install it on AWS. For a comprehensive tutorial on how to do this see - blog.dreamfactory.com
Here are some older tutorials:
- techiwala.com
- ausago.com
# See also
- DreamFactory Wiki
- DreamFactory Bitnami in the cloud - bitnami.com
- RaspberryPi2 - wiki.dreamfactory.com