**Recommendation** with Digital Ocean 1-click Install

[philozofer]

The issue arises when we install and deploy DocuSeal with the 1-click installation process. After the build is completed, the deployment always fails due to this line as seen from the logs :

raise ArgumentError, "secret_key_base for #{Rails.env} environment must be a type of String`"

 Puma starting in single mode...
 * Puma version: 6.4.0 (ruby 3.2.2-p53) ("The Eagle of Durango")
 *  Min threads: 15
 *  Max threads: 15
 *  Environment: production
 *          PID: 1
 WARNING: Nokogiri was built against libxml version 2.11.6, but has dynamically loaded 2.11.7
 ! Unable to load application: ArgumentError: `secret_key_base` for production environment must be a type of String`
 bundler: failed to load command: puma (/usr/local/bundle/bin/puma)
 /usr/local/bundle/gems/railties-7.1.2/lib/rails/application.rb:653:in `validate_secret_key_base': `secret_key_base` for production environment must be a type of String` (ArgumentError)

raise ArgumentError, "`secret_key_base` for #{Rails.env} environment must be a type of String`"
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I would suggest to be explicit to the user and mention somewhere on the docuseal.co/install page to create an account first to have the API Key generated and prepared to be used.

Since after clicking on the Deploy to Digital Ocean installation, it launches right away and proceeds to the build phase. It then tries to deploy, but it WILL fail, since the user had no indication/time to fill in the SECRET_KEY_BASE in the settings of the application.

Some other competitors have the 1-click install and all is well. I do not think it an API error should occur in the installation process. Could the API Key be supplied at a later time ?

[omohokcoj]

Hi @philozofer DO installation should work when following those instructions: https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal-digitalocean Let me know if it solves the issue

[philozofer]

Thank you for the swift reply! @omohokcoj

With the directives of the github docs, yes it works perfectly. These were the steps I manually did when the deployment failed. There should be a transition screen with the corresponding docs of each 1-click installation.

From here (docuseal.co/install), each action button could lead to their specific DOC-INSTALL screen:

which contains the information you linked : https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal-digitalocean

And have the button on that page be the action button to launch the Digital Ocean installation process ?

Thanks for your app, will be testing it and most likely adopt it for our enterprise needs.