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Latest Updates

27 September 2023

  • We have added Swagger functionality to the API documentation. Using an API key, you can now use the Swagger’s “Try it out” feature to interact with the API from the documentation.

  • Premium CPUs are now available for General Purpose Droplets.

    Click here to view the full list of new General Purpose Droplet plans with Premium CPUs.
    Slug vCPUs RAM (GB) Disk (GB) Transfer (TB) Price
    g-2vcpu-8gb-intel 2 8 25 4 $76.00 per month
    gd-2vcpu-8gb-intel 2 8 50 4 $79.00 per month
    g-4vcpu-16gb-intel 4 16 50 5 $151.00 per month
    gd-4vcpu-16gb-intel 4 16 100 5 $158.00 per month
    g-8vcpu-32gb-intel 8 32 100 6 $302.00 per month
    gd-8vcpu-32gb-intel 8 32 200 6 $317.00 per month
    g-16vcpu-64gb-intel 16 64 200 7 $605.00 per month
    gd-16vcpu-64gb-intel 16 64 400 7 $634.00 per month
    g-32vcpu-128gb-intel 32 128 400 8 $1210.00 per month
    gd-32vcpu-128gb-intel 32 128 800 8 $1268.00 per month
    g-48vcpu-192gb-intel 48 192 600 9 $1814.00 per month
    gd-48vcpu-192gb-intel 48 192 1200 9 $1901.00 per month

    The new plans are available through the control panel and the API in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, TOR1, FRA1, BLR1, and SYD1.

25 September 2023

  • Ubuntu 23.04 (ubuntu-23-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.

  • Password-based authentication for newly created Rocky 8 Droplets will be disabled 30 days from today, on October 25, 2023, due to an incompatibility between Rocky 8’s password authentication mechanism and DigitalOcean’s provisioning system. SSH-based login will remain available.

    Previously created Rocky 8 Droplets will not be affected.

  • Password-based authentication for newly created Alma 9 Droplets will be disabled 30 days from today, on October 25, 2023, due to an incompatibility between Alma 9’s password authentication mechanism and DigitalOcean’s provisioning system. SSH-based login will remain available.

    Previously created Alma 9 Droplets will not be affected.

  • DigitalOcean Managed Databases now supports Apache Kafka in early availability. For more details, see our Kafka documentation and regional availability matrix.

21 September 2023

  • App Platform now supports Google Trust as a Certificate Authority.

    When configuring a domain in App Platform, if the domain has a CAA record, you must specify both Google Trust and Let’s Encrypt in the CAA record for App Platform to issue certificates.

For more, see our full release notes.