- How to Add SSH Keys to New or Existing Droplets
- How to Connect to Droplets with SSH
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- How to Connect to Droplets with the Droplet Console
- How do I install an SSL Certificate on a Droplet?
- Choosing the Right CPU Droplet Plan
- How to Create a Droplet
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Droplets
Generated on 8 Aug 2025
DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs) that run on top of virtualized hardware. Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use, either standalone or as part of a larger, cloud-based infrastructure.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
Resources on native tools for working with Droplets, troubleshooting, and Droplet metadata.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Droplet.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Latest Updates
8 August 2025
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NVIDIA H200 GPUs are now available in 1- and 8-GPU configurations for GPU Droplets via the control panel and via the API using slugs
gpu-h200x1-141gb(1 GPU) andgpu-h200x8-1128gb(8 GPUs). Learn more about GPU Droplet plans.
23 July 2025
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bullseye-backportsfor Debian 11 reached end of life on 10 June 2024. Because our Debian 11 image depends on this package, we have deprecated this image.Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
To fix package manager issues on existing Debian 11 Droplets, edit the APT sources list to change the repository URL for
bullseye-backportsfromdeb.debian.orgto the distribution archive,archive.debian.org. For example, you can runsudo sed -i '/bullseye-backports/s/deb.debian.org/archive.debian.org/' /etc/apt/sources.list.
22 July 2025
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An inference-optimized image for GPU Droplets is now availalbe in the control panel. This image includes Docker, vLLM, built-in support for Hugging Face model downloads, and more features for LLM setup and deployment.
For more information, see all Droplets release notes.