# Changing Digital Ocean Plan

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [September 14, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068 "2014-09-14T22:29:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![justin\_gordon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin_gordon/32/105029_2.png) [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068/1 "2014-09-14T22:29:34Z")

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Is there any document that describes how to change one’s Digital Ocean plan?

I have a couple forums that are getting very light light traffic, and I’d like to downsize them.

This would be a great addition to this document:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-digital-ocean.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-digital-ocean.md)

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### Author: ![BhaelOchon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bhaelochon/32/191311_2.png) [@BhaelOchon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BhaelOchon)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068/2 "2014-09-15T01:17:57Z")

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That sounds like a question for Digital Ocean’s support forum, not Discourse’s.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068/3 "2014-09-15T03:44:18Z")

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> [@justin\_gordon](#):
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> downsize

As DO doesn’t offer an easy size-down option, do this:

1. Take backup on current machine
2. Start smaller droplet
3. Set up Discourse on smaller droplet
4. Restore the Discourse backup on the smaller machine
5. **Switch over DNS** to the smaller droplet
6. Wait for DNS propagation
7. Shut down the original

You also have to do this if you want more disk space.

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### Author: ![fantasticfears](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fantasticfears/32/119608_2.png) [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068/4 "2014-09-15T05:42:04Z")

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If you deleted the old droplet and create a new one, you would probably got the same IP address in most cases.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-digital-ocean-plan/20068/5 "2014-09-15T06:52:40Z")

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This is true, if you delete a droplet then create a new one you always get the same IP in my experience.