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.
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.
Linkerd 2 is a third-party service mesh for monitoring Kubernetes. It complements DigitalOcean advanced Kubernetes monitoring by providing service-level observability.
An example app that shows DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters autoscaling in response to demand using Cluster Autoscaling (CA) and Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA).