Release Note

Today DigitalOcean’s Managed Database service launched support for two new database engines, MySQL and Redis. Both are currently in Limited Availability and can initially be used in the NYC1, FRA1, and SFO2 regions.

When creating a new database cluster using the API, you must specify the engine attribute to select which type of database to use (mysql for MySQL or redis for Redis). For example, to create a new Redis cluster, make a POST to the /v2/databases endpoint with a JSON body like:

{
  "name": "cache-01",
  "engine": "redis",
  "version": "5",
  "region": "nyc1",
  "size": "db-s-1vcpu-2gb",
  "num_nodes": 2
}

See the full API reference documentation for all the details. For more information about DigitalOcean Managed Databases including the roll-out plan for additional regions, check out the blog post announcing the release.