doctl compute droplet

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d

Description

A Droplet is a DigitalOcean virtual machine. Use the subcommands of doctl compute droplet to create, manage, and retrieve information about Droplets.

Flags

Option Description
--help , -h Help for this command
Command Description
doctl compute Display commands that manage infrastructure
doctl compute droplet 1-click Display commands that pertain to Droplet 1-click applications
doctl compute droplet actions List Droplet actions
doctl compute droplet backups List Droplet backups
doctl compute droplet create Create a new Droplet
doctl compute droplet delete Permanently delete a Droplet
doctl compute droplet get Retrieve information about a Droplet
doctl compute droplet kernels List available Droplet kernels
doctl compute droplet list List Droplets on your account
doctl compute droplet neighbors List a Droplet's neighbors on your account
doctl compute droplet snapshots List all snapshots for a Droplet
doctl compute droplet tag Add a tag to a Droplet
doctl compute droplet untag Remove a tag from a Droplet

Global Flags

Option Description
--access-token, -t API V2 access token
--api-url, -u Override default API endpoint
--config, -c Specify a custom config file
Default:
  • macOS: ${HOME}/Library/Application Support/doctl/config.yaml
  • Linux: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/doctl/config.yaml
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\doctl\config.yaml
--context Specify a custom authentication context name
--http-retry-max Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5
--http-retry-wait-max Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30
--http-retry-wait-min Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1
--interactive Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false
--output, -o Desired output format [text|json]
Default: text
--trace Show a log of network activity while performing a command
Default: false
--verbose, -v Enable verbose output
Default: false