CanadaGuy
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How do I change images without losing IP address
A week or two ago I had an issue where I wanted to switch a droplet from Ubuntu 18.04 to Debian 10. There was an issue with some Ubuntu stuff sticking around in Debian, and apt updates failed. I was then told that you... -
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Why does fresh Debian 10 image fail apt update
Fresh Debian 10 image, running apt update gives repository errors: Ign:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu buster InRelease Ign:2 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu buster-updates InRelease Ign:3 http://mirr... -
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Can I download a snapshot?
Similar to this question: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-download-block-storage-snapshot-locally-from-digital-ocean Has anything changed in the ability to download a snapshot? -
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API has or version number indicating whether the data has changed
I would like to know if it is possible for the API team to add a version number or hash for each of the lists (regions, sizes, images). I have commands for refreshing and updating my database from the DO API, but perh...Accepted Answer: Greetings! While this is not currently something that we do, it may be a great idea to post on our idea portal to see if others would like to see this as well: https://ideas.digitalocean.com/ When we make changes to o... -
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How to identify the same sizes as are available through the web interface
When I list the sizes available, I get many more options than what the standard web interface shows (I've included the NYC1 sizes in this post). Through the web interface, I can determine that it appears the sizes pre...Accepted Answer: Greetings! Great question. You can obtain more information about the sizes over our API using this guide: https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/#list-all-sizes You can also take a look at how they line ... -
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API indicates a size is available in a region, but the region itself is not listed as available
I'm new to the API, and I'm trying to understand the relationship between Regions and Sizes. I figured that they would have a concrete relationship: if the region is available, and has a certain size in the size array...Accepted Answer: Greetings! The best way to tell what sizes are available for create is to use the /v2/regions part of the API. You can use /v2/sizes to draw the correlation on the slug for the details of a specific size that is avail...