# Hosting tutor on digital ocean droplet

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/hosting-tutor-on-digital-ocean-droplet/10780>\
**Category:** Site Operators\
**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/hosting-tutor-on-digital-ocean-droplet/10780 "2023-07-21T22:42:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![vbellotech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/848f3c/32.png) [@vbellotech](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/vbellotech)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/hosting-tutor-on-digital-ocean-droplet/10780/1 "2023-07-21T22:42:51Z")

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I am running tutor on a digital ocean droplet but when i run “tutor local launch”, i get an error message that says`mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. ERROR 1130 (HY000): Host '172.18.0.13' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server` when the lms is trying to connect to mysql. I have sucessfully installed docker and docker compose on the droplet.  
**Note: i am running the command as a root user**