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 |
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 |