# Getting Started with DigitalOcean Kubernetes

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.

[Kubernetes Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.

[Set Up Tools to Make DOKS Cluster Operationally Ready](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/getting-started/operational-readiness/index.html.md): Set up tools, such as nginx and Cert-Manager, to make operationally-ready DOKS clusters.

[Build and Deploy Your First Image to Your First Cluster](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/getting-started/deploy-image-to-cluster/index.html.md): Build a sample Docker image and run it on a DigitalOcean Kubernetes cluster.