Merge pull request #1538 from catherineluse/do-detail

Add detail to doc about RancherOS on Digital Ocean
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Now RancherOS is avaliable in DO portal. RancherOS is a member of container distributions and you can find it easily.
RancherOS is avaliable in the Digital Ocean portal. RancherOS is a member of container distributions and you can find it easily.
You can access the host via SSH after booted, the default user is `rancher`.
>**Note**
>Deploying to Digital Ocean will incur charges.
You can do some initialization with user data, such as deploying Rancher. Here are the rough user data:
To start a RancherOS Droplet on Digital Ocean:
1. In the Digital Ocean portal, go to the project view.
1. Click **New Droplet.**
1. Click **Create Droplet.**
1. Click the **Container distributions** tab.
1. Click **RancherOS.**
1. Choose a plan. Make sure your Droplet has the [minimum hardware requirements for RancherOS]({{< baseurl >}}os/v1.x/en/overview/#hardware-requirements).
1. Choose any options for backups, block storage, and datacenter region.
1. Optional: In the **Select additional options** section, you can check the **User data** box and enter a `cloud-config` file in the text box that appears. The `cloud-config` file is used to provide a script to be run on the first boot. An example is below.
1. Choose an SSH key that you have access to, or generate a new SSH key.
1. Choose your project.
1. Click **Create.**
You can access the host via SSH after the Droplet is booted. The default user is `rancher`.
Below is an example `cloud-config` file that you can use to initialize the Droplet with user data, such as deploying Rancher:
```
#cloud-config