- How to Configure Advanced Load Balancer Settings in Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Connect to a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Changelog
- How to Add Load Balancers to Kubernetes Clusters
- DOKS Operational Readiness, Part 1: Install the NGINX Ingress Controller
- Build and Deploy Your First Image to Your First Cluster
- How to Create Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Add Volumes to Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Use the Routing Agent in Kubernetes Clusters
- Kubernetes Quickstart
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.
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
API and CLI reference documentation for the DigitalOcean Kubernetes service, including example requests and available parameters.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Kubernetes.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Related Links
Is Kubernetes Right for Me?
Choosing the best deployment platform for your business.
High-Availability Control Plane for DOKS Clusters
Maximize reliability for critical workloads and environments.
Kubernetes Bootstrapper
Framework to set up production-grade clusters.
Kubernetes Adoption Journey
Hands-on tutorial for going from day one to production on DOKS.
Case Studies
How customers build and scale their applications using DOKS and other DigitalOcean services.
Marketplace
Learn Kubernetes by starting with one of our preconfigured stacks.
Changelog
DigitalOcean Kubernetes Changelog
Notable changes for each available version of DigitalOcean Kubernetes and archives of changes for unavailable versions.
Latest Updates
5 December 2025
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Remote MCP servers are now available, providing API-based access for AI tools to manage DigitalOcean resources.
3 November 2025
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DigitalOcean Insights now supports GPU-level observability for AMD and NVIDIA GPU Droplets and for GPU-enabled Kubernetes clusters (DOKS) running DOKS 1.33.1-do.5 or higher.
31 October 2025
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You can use 8-GPU configuration GPUs in a multi-node set up in DOKS clusters, where the GPUs are connected via a dedicated high speed networking fabric. These GPUs are available by contract only. To learn how to set up multi-node GPUs, see How to Use Multi-Node GPUs.
For more information, see all Kubernetes release notes.