- How to Configure Advanced Load Balancer Settings in Kubernetes Clusters
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Changelog
- How to Connect to a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Use the Routing Agent in Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Use Gateway API to Route Traffic in Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Add Load Balancers to Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Configure Single Sign-On for Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Add Volumes to Kubernetes Clusters
- How to Upgrade DOKS Clusters to Newer Versions
- How to Enable Cluster Autoscaler for a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Generated on 11 Aug 2026
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
28 July 2026
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now includes an optional peer-to-peer OCI registry plugin in public preview. The plugin uses Spegel to mirror container image layers across cluster nodes, so a node can pull layers from a peer that already has them instead of the origin registry. This reduces the number of pulls that leave the cluster, lowers your exposure to external registries’ rate limits, and speeds up image pulls on clusters that reuse the same images across many nodes.
The plugin is disabled by default and is available on new clusters running Kubernetes 1.36 or later.
8 July 2026
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now supports automatic node remediation in public preview. DOKS can automatically replace worker nodes that stay unhealthy, based on Kubernetes node conditions and rules you define.
The Data Plane Operator runs in your cluster, watches node conditions, and replaces a worker when a condition matches your rules for a configured duration. You can act on standard kubelet conditions, such as
Ready, and on custom conditions you publish from your own health checks. You configure remediation by deploying theDataPlaneOperatorConfigandNodeRemediationConfigcustom resources to your cluster.
2 July 2026
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now runs a node readiness controller in public preview. The controller watches node conditions and holds
NoScheduletaints on nodes until required components, including GPU drivers on GPU nodes, report healthy, which prevents pods from scheduling onto nodes that are not yet ready. DOKS deploys and manages the controller automatically.For GPU node pools, you can also customize which GPU health metrics gate scheduling, without redeploying any components.
For more information, see all Kubernetes release notes.