# Droplet How-Tos – DigitalOcean Documentation

> How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
- [How to Create a Droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/create/index.html.md): Create Droplets and customize the image, plan, authentication method, and quantity of Droplets you want.
- [How to Provide User Data During Droplet Creation](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/provide-user-data/index.html.md): Automate Droplet configuration by providing user data to a Droplet during creation.
- [How to Connect to Droplets with the Droplet Console](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-console/index.html.md): Use the Droplet Console from a web browser to connect to Droplets for native-like terminal access to your remote server.
- [How to Transfer Files to Droplets With FileZilla](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/index.html.md): Securely move files between Droplets and your local machine using FileZilla, an open-source FTP client.
- [How to Tag Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/tag/index.html.md): Organize Droplets with tags to group and filter Droplets by role, automatically include Droplets in firewall or load balancer configurations, or target multiple Droplets at once with the API.
- [How to Track Performance with Droplet Graphs](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/track-performance/index.html.md): Monitor Droplet performance with default graphs for bandwidth, CPU usage, and disk I/O. Install the DigitalOcean metrics agent for extended graphs like CPU load average, memory usage, and disk usage.
- [How to Resize Droplets for Vertical Scaling](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/resize/index.html.md): Resize a Droplet to change the amount of CPU and RAM a Droplet has, optionally add additional disk space, or change to a different type of Droplet plan or CPU.
- [How to Use Droplet Autoscale Pools for Automatic Horizontal Scaling](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/use-autoscale-pools/index.html.md): Create a Droplet autoscale pool to enable automatic horizontal scaling based on resource utilization or a fixed size.
- [How to Access Information about a Droplet using the Metadata API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/access-metadata/index.html.md): Use the Droplet metadata service to programmatically query a Droplet for information about itself.
- [How to Rebuild Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/rebuild/index.html.md): Overwrite the entirety of a Droplet's disk with an image you select.
- [How to Install or Uninstall the DigitalOcean Droplet Agent](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/manage-agent/index.html.md): Install the Droplet agent on older Droplets to enable features like the Droplet Console, or uninstall the agent to remove access.
- [How to Destroy a Droplet from the DigitalOcean Control Panel](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/destroy/index.html.md): Destroy a Droplet to permanently and irreversibly destroy the Droplet and its contents.



## How to Create and Configure DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets

Create and configure GPU Droplets, which are powered by AMD or NVIDIA GPUs.

- [How to Create DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/gpu/create/index.html.md): Create GPU Droplets and choose the image, plan, datacenter, authentication method, and additional options.
- [How to Use the Scratch Disk on DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/gpu/use-scratch-disk/index.html.md): Set up automatic mounting for the scratch disk on GPU Droplets.
- [How to Enable GPU Metrics on DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets with DCGM](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/gpu/enable-metrics/index.html.md): Install the NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) and DCGM Exporter to enable health monitoring, diagnostics, and process statistics for NVIDIA GPUs on GPU Droplets.
- [How to Enable Jumbo Frames on DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/gpu/enable-jumbo-frames/index.html.md): Enable jumbo frames, which are data packets with larger payloads than standard, on GPU Droplets.
- [How to Configure Multi-Node GPU Droplets](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/gpu/configure-multi-node/index.html.md): Configure multi-node GPU Droplets, including some manual configuration for NIC addressing.

## How to Connect to Droplets with SSH

Use a terminal to connect to Droplets using OpenSSH or PuTTY for shell access to your remote server.

- [How to Connect to your Droplet with OpenSSH](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/openssh/index.html.md): Use a terminal on a Linux, macOS, or Windows computer to connect to Droplets with SSH.
- [How to Connect to your Droplet with PuTTY on Windows](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/putty/index.html.md): Use PuTTY on a Windows computer to connect to Droplets with SSH.

## How to Add SSH Keys to New or Existing Droplets

Improve security when you log in by creating SSH keys and adding them to Droplets.

- [How to Create SSH Keys with OpenSSH on MacOS or Linux](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/create-with-openssh/index.html.md): Use OpenSSH to create new SSH keys on MacOS, Linux, or Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- [How to Create SSH Keys with PuTTY on Windows](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/create-with-putty/index.html.md): Use PuTTY to create SSH keys on Windows systems without Bash.
- [How to Upload an SSH Public Key to an Existing Droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/to-existing-droplet/index.html.md): Add an SSH public key to an existing Droplet to be able to log in using that keypair.

## How to Manage a Droplet's Kernel

Upgrade a Droplet's internal kernel version, boot into a specific non-default version, or use the DigitalOcean GrubLoader kernel to convert legacy Droplets from external to internal kernel management.

- [How to Switch to Internal Kernel Management with the DigitalOcean GrubLoader Kernel](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/kernel/grubloader/index.html.md): Use the DigitalOcean GrubLoader kernel to allow a legacy Droplet with external kernel management to use internally-managed kernels.
- [How to Upgrade to the Latest Kernel](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/kernel/upgrade/index.html.md): Upgrade a Droplet's internal kernel to the latest supported version.
- [How to Boot into a Specific Kernel Version](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/kernel/use-non-default/index.html.md): Modify your Droplet to boot into a specific, non-default kernel version.

## How to Recover Access or Data with the Droplet Recovery ISO and Recovery Console

Droplets come with several recovery features, including the Recovery Console for out-of-band connectivity independent of network settings and the recovery ISO for regaining access to the Droplet's filesystem.

- [How to Recover Data from Droplets with the Recovery ISO](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/recovery/recovery-iso/index.html.md): Use DigitalOcean’s recovery ISO with the Recovery Console to regain access to and perform data recovery operations on your Droplet, like getting access to an interactive shell, running fsck, or chrooting into the system.
- [How Recover Access to Droplets using the Recovery Console](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/recovery/recovery-console/index.html.md): Use the Recovery Console to recover access to a Droplet. It provides out-of-band access regardless of your network settings. It emulates the access you would have if you were sitting down with a keyboard and monitor attached to the actual server.