Kubernetes Resources

Validated on 8 April 2021 • Posted on 4 October 2018

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that lets you deploy Kubernetes clusters without the complexities of handling the control plane and containerized infrastructure. Clusters are compatible with standard Kubernetes toolchains and integrate natively with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and block storage volumes.

Additional Tools for DigitalOcean Kubernetes

The DigitalOcean API

The DigitalOcean API lets you manage DigitalOcean resources programmatically using conventional HTTP requests. All the functionality available in the DigitalOcean Control Panel is also available through the API.

See the API documentation on Kubernetes for more information.

The DigitalOcean Command Line Client, doctl

doctl is a command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API and supports many of the same actions.

From the latest version of doctl, run doctl help kubernetes for the list of available commands.

More Information

On DigitalOcean Kubernetes

Supported Releases

Release process and support policy for your Kubernetes clusters.

Best Practices

Recommended practices to implement when setting up and running your Kubernetes clusters.

Managed Kubernetes

DigitalOcean Kubernetes provides administrator access to the cluster and full access to the Kubernetes API with no restrictions on which API objects you can create. We manage key services and settings on your behalf that you cannot or should not modify.

Monitoring with Linkerd 2

Linkerd 2 is a third-party service mesh for monitoring Kubernetes. It complements DigitalOcean advanced Kubernetes monitoring by providing service-level observability.

Security Information

Information DigitalOcean Kubernetes security, like access control, security tooling, and authentication.

The Kubernetes on DigitalOcean white paper

Examples

HPA and CA Autoscaling

An example app that shows DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters autoscaling in response to demand using Cluster Autoscaling (CA) and Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA).

The Kubernetes CCM for DigitalOcean is open source and provides several example manifests for DigitalOcean Load Balancers and node labels and addresses.

Troubleshooting

Clusterlint Error Fixes

Recommended solutions for common errors raised by Clusterlint, a non-invasive best practices checker for DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.