DigitalOcean CLI (doctl)

Comprehensive DigitalOcean CLI commands and workflows for managing droplets, load balancers, databases, and Kubernetes clusters.

Installation & Authentication

Command	Description
doctl auth init	Initialize authentication
doctl auth list	List authentication contexts
doctl auth switch --context CONTEXT_NAME	Switch authentication context
doctl account get	Get account information
doctl balance get	Get account balance

Droplets (Virtual Machines)

Droplet Management

Command	Description
doctl compute droplet list	List all droplets
doctl compute droplet create mydroplet --size s-1vcpu-1gb --image ubuntu-20-04-x64 --region nyc1	Create droplet
doctl compute droplet delete DROPLET_ID	Delete droplet
doctl compute droplet get DROPLET_ID	Get droplet details
doctl compute droplet reboot DROPLET_ID	Reboot droplet
doctl compute droplet power-off DROPLET_ID	Power off droplet
doctl compute droplet power-on DROPLET_ID	Power on droplet
doctl compute droplet shutdown DROPLET_ID	Shutdown droplet

Droplet Actions

Command	Description
doctl compute droplet-action list DROPLET_ID	List droplet actions
doctl compute droplet-action resize DROPLET_ID --size s-2vcpu-2gb	Resize droplet
doctl compute droplet-action snapshot DROPLET_ID --snapshot-name my-snapshot	Create snapshot
doctl compute droplet-action restore DROPLET_ID --image IMAGE_ID	Restore from image
doctl compute droplet-action rebuild DROPLET_ID --image ubuntu-20-04-x64	Rebuild droplet

SSH and Access

Command	Description
doctl compute ssh DROPLET_NAME	SSH into droplet
doctl compute ssh DROPLET_NAME --ssh-user root	SSH with specific user
doctl compute ssh-key list	List SSH keys
doctl compute ssh-key create --name mykey --public-key-file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub	Add SSH key
doctl compute ssh-key delete KEY_ID	Delete SSH key

Images and Snapshots

Command	Description
doctl compute image list	List all images
doctl compute image list --public	List public images
doctl compute image list-user	List user images
doctl compute image get IMAGE_ID	Get image details
doctl compute image delete IMAGE_ID	Delete image
doctl compute image update IMAGE_ID --name new-name	Update image name

Volumes (Block Storage)

Command	Description
doctl compute volume list	List all volumes
doctl compute volume create myvolume --size 100GiB --region nyc1	Create volume
doctl compute volume delete VOLUME_ID	Delete volume
doctl compute volume attach VOLUME_ID DROPLET_ID	Attach volume to droplet
doctl compute volume detach VOLUME_ID	Detach volume
doctl compute volume snapshot VOLUME_ID --snapshot-name my-volume-snapshot	Create volume snapshot

Load Balancers

Command	Description
doctl compute load-balancer list	List load balancers
doctl compute load-balancer create --name mylb --forwarding-rules entry_protocol:http,entry_port:80,target_protocol:http,target_port:80 --region nyc1	Create load balancer
doctl compute load-balancer delete LB_ID	Delete load balancer
doctl compute load-balancer add-droplets LB_ID --droplet-ids DROPLET_ID1,DROPLET_ID2	Add droplets to LB
doctl compute load-balancer remove-droplets LB_ID --droplet-ids DROPLET_ID1	Remove droplets from LB

Networking

Firewalls

Command	Description
doctl compute firewall list	List firewalls
doctl compute firewall create --name myfirewall --inbound-rules protocol:tcp,ports:22,sources:0.0.0.0/0	Create firewall
doctl compute firewall delete FIREWALL_ID	Delete firewall
doctl compute firewall add-droplets FIREWALL_ID --droplet-ids DROPLET_ID	Add droplets to firewall
doctl compute firewall remove-droplets FIREWALL_ID --droplet-ids DROPLET_ID	Remove droplets from firewall

VPC Networks

Command	Description
doctl vpcs list	List VPCs
doctl vpcs create --name myvpc --region nyc1	Create VPC
doctl vpcs delete VPC_ID	Delete VPC
doctl vpcs get VPC_ID	Get VPC details

Floating IPs

Command	Description
doctl compute floating-ip list	List floating IPs
doctl compute floating-ip create --region nyc1	Create floating IP
doctl compute floating-ip delete FLOATING_IP	Delete floating IP
doctl compute floating-ip-action assign FLOATING_IP DROPLET_ID	Assign floating IP
doctl compute floating-ip-action unassign FLOATING_IP	Unassign floating IP

Kubernetes (DOKS)

Cluster Management

Command	Description
doctl kubernetes cluster list	List Kubernetes clusters
doctl kubernetes cluster create mycluster --region nyc1 --node-pool "name=worker-pool;size=s-2vcpu-2gb;count=3"	Create cluster
doctl kubernetes cluster delete CLUSTER_ID	Delete cluster
doctl kubernetes cluster get CLUSTER_ID	Get cluster details
doctl kubernetes cluster kubeconfig save CLUSTER_ID	Save kubeconfig

Node Pools

Command	Description
doctl kubernetes cluster node-pool list CLUSTER_ID	List node pools
doctl kubernetes cluster node-pool create CLUSTER_ID --name new-pool --size s-2vcpu-2gb --count 2	Create node pool
doctl kubernetes cluster node-pool delete CLUSTER_ID POOL_ID	Delete node pool
doctl kubernetes cluster node-pool resize CLUSTER_ID POOL_ID --count 5	Resize node pool

Databases

Database Clusters

Command	Description
doctl databases list	List database clusters
doctl databases create mydb --engine mysql --size db-s-1vcpu-1gb --region nyc1	Create database cluster
doctl databases delete DATABASE_ID	Delete database cluster
doctl databases get DATABASE_ID	Get database details
doctl databases resize DATABASE_ID --size db-s-2vcpu-2gb	Resize database

Database Operations

Command	Description
doctl databases db list DATABASE_ID	List databases
doctl databases db create DATABASE_ID --name myapp	Create database
doctl databases db delete DATABASE_ID myapp	Delete database
doctl databases user list DATABASE_ID	List database users
doctl databases user create DATABASE_ID --username myuser	Create database user

Database Backups

Command	Description
doctl databases backups list DATABASE_ID	List backups
doctl databases backups restore DATABASE_ID BACKUP_ID	Restore from backup

Spaces (Object Storage)

Command	Description
doctl compute cdn list	List CDN endpoints
doctl compute cdn create --origin spaces.example.com --domain cdn.example.com	Create CDN endpoint
doctl compute cdn delete CDN_ID	Delete CDN endpoint

Apps Platform

App Management

Command	Description
doctl apps list	List apps
doctl apps create --spec app.yaml	Create app from spec
doctl apps get APP_ID	Get app details
doctl apps delete APP_ID	Delete app
doctl apps update APP_ID --spec app.yaml	Update app

App Deployments

Command	Description
doctl apps list-deployments APP_ID	List deployments
doctl apps get-deployment APP_ID DEPLOYMENT_ID	Get deployment details
doctl apps logs APP_ID --type build	Get build logs
doctl apps logs APP_ID --type run	Get runtime logs

Monitoring

Alerts

Command	Description
doctl monitoring alert list	List alert policies
doctl monitoring alert create --spec alert.yaml	Create alert policy
doctl monitoring alert delete ALERT_ID	Delete alert policy
doctl monitoring alert get ALERT_ID	Get alert details

Projects

Command	Description
doctl projects list	List projects
doctl projects create --name myproject --description "My project"	Create project
doctl projects get PROJECT_ID	Get project details
doctl projects update PROJECT_ID --name "New name"	Update project
doctl projects resources list PROJECT_ID	List project resources

Regions and Sizes

Command	Description
doctl compute region list	List available regions
doctl compute size list	List available droplet sizes
doctl kubernetes options regions	List Kubernetes regions
doctl kubernetes options versions	List Kubernetes versions
doctl databases options engines	List database engines
doctl databases options sizes	List database sizes