DigitalOcean Kubernetes

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.

Latest Updates

16 June 2025

• We have enabled VPC-native cluster networking by default when you create new clusters using Kubernetes version 1.33 or higher using the `doctl`` command line interface or API. For more information, see Create a Cluster with VPC-native Networking.

• Load balancer services now default to network load balancers (NLB) instead of regional load balancers on clusters running on Kubernetes version 1.33 or higher. Use the service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-type annotation with a value of REGIONAL or REGIONAL_NETWORK to change the load balancer type.

• We have enabled the Gateway API by default on clusters with VPC-native networking running on Kubernetes version 1.33 or higher. This feature is in public preview. You can use the Gateway API to manage ingress natively in a Kubernetes cluster, without the need for third-party ingress controllers.

12 June 2025

• AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs are now available for DOKS clusters. These GPUs are available in a single GPU or 8 GPU configuration when creating new clusters or adding node pools to existing clusters. You can use these GPUs in the control panel and the API with the gpu-mi300x1-192gb and gpu-mi300x8-1536gb slug, respectively.

7 May 2025

• NVIDIA RTX 4000 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs are now available for DOKS clusters. You can choose these GPUs when creating new clusters or adding node pools to existing clusters using the control panel and the API with the gpu-4000adax1-20gb and gpu-6000adax1-48gb slug respectively.

For more information, see all Kubernetes release notes.