# Kubernetes Support

Generated on 13 Mar 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.

[How to Troubleshoot CoreDNS Issues in DOKS Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-to-troubleshoot-coredns-issues-in-doks-clusters/index.html.md): Gather information to resolve CoreDNS-related DNS problems in DOKS clusters.

[Why can't my VPC-native pods connect to my Droplets?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-cant-my-vpc-native-pods-connect-to-my-droplets/index.html.md): For Droplets created before 2 October 2024, you must manually add VPC peering routes to interconnect with VPC-native DOKS clusters

[How to Troubleshoot Load Balancer Health Check Issues](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-to-troubleshoot-load-balancer-health-check-issues/index.html.md): Health checks often fail due to firewalls or misconfigured backend server software.

[How can I improve the performance of cluster DNS?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-can-i-improve-the-performance-of-cluster-dns/index.html.md): Enable DNS caching, use non-shared machine types for the cluster, and scale out or reduce DNS traffic.

[How do I enable PROXY protocol when my load balancer sends requests to the NGINX Ingress Controller?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-enable-proxy-protocol-when-my-load-balancer-sends-requests-to-the-nginx-ingress-controller/index.html.md): Edit the ConfigMap which nginx uses to enable PROXY protocol.

[Can I disable unsafe sysctl on DigitalOcean Kubernetes?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/can-i-disable-unsafe-sysctl-on-digitalocean-kubernetes/index.html.md): Launch an Init Container or run a DaemonSet.

[Why are CPU and memory usage not displayed on Managed Kubernetes Dashboard?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-are-cpu-and-memory-usage-not-displayed-on-managed-kubernetes-dashboard/index.html.md): Displaying CPU and memory usage in the Kubernetes Dashboard is not supported at this time.

[Why do kubectl top and DigitalOcean Control Panel show different metrics values for worker nodes?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-do-kubectl-top-and-digitalocean-control-panel-show-different-metrics-values-for-worker-nodes/index.html.md): The output of the `kubectl top` command does not measure the entire system load in the same way the control panel does.

[Why does my DOKS node show a NotReady status?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-does-my-doks-node-show-a-notready-status/index.html.md): A node can show as NotReady if it is unhealthy and not accepting pods.

[Why do my DOKS load balancer settings keep reverting?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-do-my-doks-load-balancer-settings-keep-reverting/index.html.md): You can configure load balancers that are provisioned by DOKS using Kubernetes service annotations.

[Why do my load balancer's Kubernetes node(s) have the No Traffic status?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-do-my-load-balancers-kubernetes-nodes-have-the-no-traffic-status/index.html.md): Kubernetes service ’externaltrafficpolicy’ field controls how nodes respond to health checks.

[Can I resize a DOKS node?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/can-i-resize-a-doks-node/index.html.md): You can resize a DOKS node by creating a new node pool of the desired size.

[Clusterlint Error Fixes](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/clusterlint-error-fixes/index.html.md): Recommended solutions for common errors raised by Clusterlint, a non-invasive best practices checker for DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.