If I destroy a droplet will I lose my SSL settings and DNS settings?

As @alexdo said “he SSL Certificate will need to be installed/configured again on the new droplet.” when you configured SSL first it generates HASH maybe SHA-256 or SHA-224 etc… HASH encrypt, these Hashes are also called SHA-2 when you install SSL of a machine or droplet it will figure out which HASH support the Machine (mostly SHA-2) and encrypt it with something called Secret Key and initialization vector of which it can be decrypted at end to end (e.g. browser and the server). So destroying the droplet and using the Same SSL on another droplet will not work because the configuration is not the same you will need to install and configure again for it to work, or else browser will return an SSL error or “Site can’t be reached”. Nonetheless, DNS setting will not misplace, and it depends on where you store that settings.

If you need a faster SSL, just head to your DigitalOcean DNS section and configure automatically there using the domain name you want to use, so when you destroy and start a new droplet will not lost.

Heya, @ivcfadmin

The DNS settings will not be changed/lost if you destroy your droplet. You will just need to update the DNS later on when you configure a new droplet.

The SSL Certificate will need to be installed/configured again on the new droplet.

As with almost any upgrade between major releases of an operating system, this process carries an inherent risk of failure, data loss, or broken software configuration. Comprehensive backups and extensive testing are strongly advised.

To avoid these problems, we recommend migrating to a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 server rather than upgrading in-place. You may still need to review differences in software configuration when upgrading, but the core system will likely have greater stability. You can follow our series on how to migrate to a new Linux server to learn how to migrate between servers.

You can still upgrade the current version of Ubuntu if this is the desired approach by following the steps in this article:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-22-04-jammy-jellyfish

Hope that this helps!

Heya @ivcfadmin,

If you manage your DNS in your DigitalOcean account or in any other place you will keep your DNS settings.

As for the SSL, yes, the certificate and any configuration on your Droplet will be lost but you can re-create them afterwards.

Anyway, if you currently have Ubuntu and you just want to update from 18.04 to 22.04 or from 20.04 to 22.04 there is no need to destroy the Droplet and re-create it. You can just update your OS. To do so just run

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Once that finishes, reboot your Droplet

reboot

Once it boots again run the upgrade for your System:

sudo do-release-upgrade

Lastly, before doing that I’ll recommend you to create a Snapshot on your Droplet just to be on the safe side:

Snapshots are on-demand disk images of DigitalOcean Droplets and volumes saved to your account. Use them to create new Droplets and volumes with the same contents.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/snapshots/