- How to Add SSH Keys to New or Existing Droplets
- How to Connect to Droplets with SSH
- How to Connect to Droplets with the Droplet Console
- Why is SMTP blocked?
- How do I install an SSL Certificate on a Droplet?
- How to Create a Droplet
- Choosing the Right CPU Droplet Plan
- How to Create SSH Keys with PuTTY on Windows
- How to Troubleshoot SSH Connectivity Issues
- How do I reset my Droplet's root password?
Droplets
Generated on 10 Oct 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
Upcoming Changes
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Starting 1 January 2026, Droplets are billed per-second, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher.
1 October 2025
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Now in public preview, you can customize a usage-based backup plan for regular and GPU Droplets. This plan’s cost is based on the amount of storage your backups use, instead of a flat percentage of the Droplet’s cost. Additionally, you can configure how often backups happen and for how long you retain them.
30 September 2025
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We have released 25 additional CPU Optimized and General Purpose Droplet plans. These are new storage variants of existing plans with enough disk to let you resize a Shared CPU Droplet into a Dedicated CPU Droplet:
- Dedicated CPU Optimized Regular: 5x SSD variant
- Dedicated CPU Optimized Premium: 5x SSD variant
- Dedicated General Purpose Regular: 6.5x SSD variant
- Dedicated General Purpose Premium: 5.5x SSD variant
The new plans are available in all datacenters. However, Regular CPU versions are not available in ATL1.
You can choose the new plans using the control panel and the API.
26 September 2025
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GPU Droplets with NVIDIA H100 GPUs are now available in AMS3. Learn more about Droplet availability.
For more information, see all Droplets release notes.