Provision DigitalOcean droplets from Gmail requests
Give Notis an infrastructure request and let it provision the droplet with the details you supplied.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Action
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
Why this helps
Provisioning requests get buried in email, then require a separate trip to DigitalOcean to act on them.
- Reduce manual copying between email and the cloud console.
- Keep a run report for each provisioning request.
- Ask Notis to proceed only when the request contains the required details and approval.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and DigitalOcean once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a droplet only for an approved request that includes its name, region, size, and image.
- 4Pick New Gmail Message Received as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real provisioning request that includes all required details.
Questions about this workflow
Does this automation create a droplet for every new email?
Describe in the instruction which requests qualify, and have Notis proceed only when the required details and approval are present.
What details should the request include?
Include the droplet name, region, size, image, and an explicit approval to provision it.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Digital ocean. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Digital ocean actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
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Create New Kubernetes Cluster
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Gmail and Digital ocean, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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