DigitalOcean provides several command-line interfaces (CLIs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for managing your DigitalOcean resources.
The doctl CLI enables you to manage your DigitalOcean resources from the command line.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| How-Tos | Guides on topics like how to install and configure doctl. |
| Reference | A complete reference for every command provided by doctl. |
This API lets you programmatically manage your Droplets and other resources using conventional HTTP requests.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Tutorials | A few tutorials on how to authenticate with and use the DigitalOcean API |
| Reference | A reference for the DigitalOcean API |
| Libraries | Client libraries for the DigitalOcean API for various programming languages |
Programmatically manage your data with Spaces’ AWS S3-compatible object storage API.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Reference | A reference for the Spaces API |
The Droplet Metadata API Allows a Droplet to access data about itself, and can be queried by sending a request to the Droplet's metadata endpoint.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Reference | A reference for the Droplet Metadata API |
The DigitalOcean OAuth API enables third-party applications to obtain limited access to DigitalOcean user accounts.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Reference | A reference for the OAuth API |
Fedora 30 has reached its end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, you can now only deploy the Fedora 30 image via the API. We will remove the Fedora 30 image from the platform on 8 October 2020.
On 1 August 2020, Ubuntu 19.10 will reach its end of life and will not receive further updates. Per our image deprecation policy, you can only deploy the Ubuntu 19.10 Linux image via the API starting on 1 August 2020. We will remove the Ubuntu 19.10 image from the platform on 1 September 2020.
FreeBSD 11.4 UFS and ZFS base images are now available in the control panel and via the API.
v1.22.0 of the DigitalOcean Terraform Provider is now available. This release includes auto_upgrade and surge_upgrade support for the digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster resource.
Released v1.46.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release includes support for install Kubernetes 1-Click Apps when creating a cluster, surge upgrade support for Kubernetes clusters, and more.
For more information, see the full release notes.