- How to Configure Advanced Load Balancer Settings in Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Connect to a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Add Load Balancers to Kubernetes Clusters
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Changelog
- DOKS Operational Readiness, Part 1: Install the NGINX Ingress Controller
- How to Use the Routing Agent in Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Enable Cluster Autoscaler for a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster
- Build and Deploy Your First Image to Your First Cluster
- How to Add Volumes to Kubernetes Clusters
- Kubernetes Limits
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Generated on 26 Nov 2025
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
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.
20 October 2025
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Using DigitalOcean NFS shares as shared storage in DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters is now in general availablity. This feature is available on Kubernetes versions 1.31 and higher. You can create and use the shares with DOKS clusters only in the regions where the DigitalOcean NFS shares are available. For more information, see Use NFS Storage.
For more information, see all Kubernetes release notes.