# Cannot create host on digital ocean

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-host-on-digital-ocean/6980>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [July 29, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-host-on-digital-ocean/6980 "2017-07-29T21:51:21Z")\
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I have installed rancher on my private server, hosted on a private facility. I’m trying to create a new host on Digital Ocean, but it always stops when running “docker-machine regenerate-certs”.

Here’s the error message I get:

> Error creating machine: Error checking the host: Error checking and/or regenerating the certs: There was an error validating certificates for host "host-ip-address:2376": remote error: tls: bad certificate" resourceId=1ph34 service=gms

Then, I turned off tls verification passing `TlsVerify=false` on the engine options section, but I get a different error message.

> Error creating machine: Error running provisioning: ssh command error:" resourceId=1ph35 service=gms

I have tried provisioning an Ubuntu 16.04 host.

Any ideas what is wrong and how to fix it?