Snapshots provide a full copy of an existing Droplet instance taken on demand.
Backups are similar to snapshots but are created automatically at regular intervals when enabled for a Droplet.
Custom images are Linux-based virtual machine images that you may upload for use on DigitalOcean. These can be in one of the following formats: raw, qcow2, vhdx, vdi, or vmdk.
Distributions are the public Linux distributions that are available to be used as a base to create Droplets.
Applications, or One-Click Apps, are distributions pre-configured with additional software.

Flags

Option	Description
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command

Command	Description
doctl compute	Display commands that manage infrastructure
doctl compute image create	Create custom image
doctl compute image delete	Permanently delete an image from your account
doctl compute image get	Retrieve information about an image
doctl compute image list	List images on your account
doctl compute image list-application	List available One-Click Apps
doctl compute image list-distribution	List available distribution images
doctl compute image list-user	List user-created images
doctl compute image update	Update an image's metadata

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
`--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`